The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology was well represented at an event recognizing graduating university honors students, as 10 of the 34 students recognized are graduating this month with engineering degrees. The University Honors Program offers students of high academic promise
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John Burns During NIU Foundation’s annual gala, Red and Black, this month, a $1 million gift from John Burns (’88) and his wife, Denise Burns, of River Forest, IL, was part of the celebration. The money is earmarked for the Angel Touch
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The University Libraries are seeking help in making costly textbooks more accessible to NIU students. The NIU Libraries’ Textbook Affordability Task Force is calling on faculty and instructors to place copies of their course texts on reserve at the library and to
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NIU’s Tocqueville Forum has launched an online journal of essays by undergraduate students on current American political issues related to political philosophy, history, literature and culture. “Compass: An Undergraduate Journal of American Political Ideas” will publish essays from undergraduates at colleges and
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Three members of the NIU Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships—Dara Little, Anna Quider and Kellie Dyslin—have recently been named to key leadership positions in national and international organizations supporting research and higher education. “These are impressive achievements that speak to the
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NIU alumnus Justin Whiting is helping to shape the future of additive manufacturing, working for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop and evaluate measurement science in this new and booming field. In August, Whiting presented at a national
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Thanks to NIU’s Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies, hundreds of humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may be able to deliver help to the impoverished people of Haiti that is more in tune with what Haitian people say they need. It has been
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Would you rather have hands for feet – or feet for hands? Would you rather have the hiccups for the rest of your life – or the feeling that you’re about to sneeze? Would you rather eat brownies for the rest of your
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Associate Professor Eric Jones, from the Department of History of History and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, has been selected as the recipient of NIU’s 2017 Outstanding International Educator Award. The announcement was made during the annual International Recognition Reception, one of many
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Just days after receiving its charter and Student Association approval, the NIU chapter of the Pi Tau Sigma honor society for mechanical engineers was already hosting its first event. The Beta Lambda chapter presented a career talk by a UTC Aerospace engineer
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Languages are deeply valued in Uruguay, where multiple tongues beyond the native Spanish are the norm. “Uruguay is a country of immigrants,” Aldo Rodriguez, a Ph.D. degree candidate in the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations (LEPF), says of his homeland. “We have
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More members of the NIU community came together than ever before to show their support for NIU students during the NIU Foundation’s most recent Giving Tuesday campaign. More than 300 donors participated, with annual gifts totaling nearly $95,000. “We’ve seen steady growth
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