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Susan L’Allier, a professor in the NIU Department of Literacy Education, has been awarded the Albert J. Kingston Award from the Literacy Research Association/National Reading Conference. L’Allier received her award Saturday, Dec. 4, during the organization’s annual conference in Fort Worth, Texas. The Albert J. Kingston Service Award is given to honor an LRA/NRC member for distinguished...

A select group of NIU freshman is being granted unprecedented access to the world of academic research with the launch of Northern Illinois University’s Huskie Research Rookies program.  The undertaking matches the students with faculty who will guide them through a semester-long research project. It will immerse participants in an intellectual undertaking that many students...

Lisa Freeman, vice president for Research and Graduate Studies, has announced two personnel changes in the division that became effective Nov. 1. David Stone now holds the title of associate vice president for research/director of the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP). Dara Little’s new title is associate director of the Office of Sponsored Projects. These changes...

The announcement of the 2010 Carol of the Year is tinged with sadness. The planned end of the 25-year series arrives with the news that the creator of the series, William Studwell, did not live to see the project through to its final coda. Studwell, who worked for 30 years as a library cataloger at...

Attention undergraduates! Do you have an idea for a project but don’t have the money to make that idea a reality? Look no further and begin your proposal to the Undergraduate Special Opportunities in Artistry and Research Program committee! All you need is to have an idea, find a faculty mentor, write a proposal and turn...

Over the last decade or so, the World Wide Web has created a seismic shift in one of the cornerstones of education: reading. Or, more precisely, how we understand what we’re reading. In this new age of information, it’s no longer enough to comprehend a single text, NIU researchers say. The ease of Internet access...

NIU has posted its search for a new dean of the Graduate School and associate vice president for Graduate Studies. The successful candidate will supervise and coordinate all aspects of graduate education within the university. To emphasize the close relationship between graduate education and research and artistry, the new dean will report to the vice...

NIU Department of Finance professor Gerry Jensen‘s research was discussed in a Monday, Nov. 1, Washington Post article under the headline, “What does divided government mean for the market?” In the pre-election article, the reporter shares key findings in Jensen’s co-conducted 2006 research study “Gridlock’s Gone, Now What?” In this study, Jensen and his co-authors examined the monthly inflation-adjusted returns...

The following is a list of  recent grants to NIU faculty researchers, including Richard King, James Dillon and Xueshu Song. Posted Oct. 29, 2010 Professor Richard King of the Department of Biological Sciences has received a $34,755 grant from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to study the degree to which reptile distributions in the...

Do you wish you knew where federal agencies are headed and how to align your funding requests to their priorities and direction? Join NIU’s Division of Research and Graduate Studies for this webinar and hear directly from program personnel at the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Naval Research,...

NIU’s Convocation Center will host its first-ever Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23. The event, an expansion of the popular Spooky Science Saturday, is intended to increase awareness of STEM fields and the roles they play in society. STEMfest will provide the public an opportunity...

Professor Philippe Piot in the Department of Physics is working on a plan to build a portable device that could be taken to airports, sports stadiums or subway stations to detect radioactive material. A $591,000 grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency is funding Piot’s project. The agency’s goal is to help the U.S. Department of...