Helia Lai, Amber Fillmore, Maria Barlas, and Brook Bailey developed a device that streamlines the process for occupational therapists and patients in hospitals and rehabilitation facilities. An all-female team of engineers will have the abstract of their occupational therapy device presented at
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Representatives from the Northern Illinois University College of Business, in their commitment to cross global boundaries, traveled to Shenzhen in East Asia for the launch of the college’s Master of Science in Financial Risk Management (MSFRM) program. Shenzhen is a major city
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At least half of new faculty hires at NIU this past year were people of color as a result of the hard work and collaboration between college deans, academic department chairs and search committee members, as well as implicit bias training. Based
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Fourth-grade teacher Jessica Fettes is planning to have her students make trail mix in the classroom. John Phaff took his algebra students out to the school parking lot and asked them to calculate, “If a windstorm came through and a light post
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The Office of Procurement Services and Contract Management is bringing dozens of diverse vendors to campus on Wednesday, October 16th. Representatives from small businesses and companies owned by women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities will showcase their products and services at
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Norman Walzer, senior research scholar at NIU’s Center for Governmental Studies (CGS), received an Illinois Municipal League (IML) award in “Recognition of a Lifetime of Service.” According to IML officials, “It’s a very special award in that it is not given every
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Four NIU staff members recently participated in a 40-hour training program at the Center for Conflict Resolution Training Center in Chicago. Joy Mitchell, Savilli Ngovo Williams, Jocelyn Santana and Sarah Klaper completed the course which provides a hands-on, practical approach to mediation
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On Monday-Thursday, Oct. 7-11, the NIU College of Business will hold its fall semester BELIEF Week. BELIEF is the name of the applied business ethics program in the college. BELIEF builds ethical business leaders through the integration of program development, faculty support, business community involvement
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NIU Libraries has been awarded a four-year grant of $610,000 by the Henry Luce Foundation to enhance the Southeast Asia Digital Library (SEADL), a collaborative project of the Association of Asian Studies’ Committee on Research Materials on Southeast Asia (CORMOSEA), an association
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Joan Popp NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education will dedicate a new and renovated lab in October, thanks to the generosity of a late, longtime faculty member. The M. Joan Popp Motor Behavior Laboratory, located in Anderson Hall 213, hosts classes in areas
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If you’re ever wondering what happened to the 2019 MFA Acting class at Northern Illinois University, you can find many of them, and a host of other School of Theatre and Dance alumni in St. Charles, Ill. these days. A talented group
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Students, faculty and staff are invited to take part in a celebration of NIU’s Office of the Ombudsperson’s 50th anniversary and National Ombuds Day taking place Monday-Thursday, Oct. 7-10. An ombudsperson is a designated neutral party who provides free, confidential and informal
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