High achieving, low-income NIU juniors and transfer students who BELONG in STEM are encouraged to apply for a scholarship opportunity. Now in its second year, the BELONG (Building Engagement in Laboratories, Networking and Peer Groups) in STEM scholars program provides selected students
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The NIU undergraduate mock trial teams competed in the American Mock Trial Association’s (AMTA) Evanston Regional Tournament, hosted by Northwestern University on Friday, Feb. 7 through Sunday, Feb. 9. NIU’s A team finished with a record of 5-1-2 and earned a bid
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Think you know what anthropology is? Make plans to join NIU’s Department of Anthropology to celebrate World Anthropology Day on Thursday, Feb. 20. “Anthropologists examine human culture, language, anatomy and evolution in the past and present,” explained Leila Porter, department chair. “The four
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The American Meteorological Society is recognizing the high level of expertise and outreach efforts of Victor Gensini, an NIU professor of meteorology. The AMS recently designated Gensini as a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM), a distinction given to highly qualified meteorologists who provide
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $1.9 million grant to Northern Illinois University and the Illinois Institute of Technology for the training of next-generation workers in accelerator science and technology. The funding will support select qualified graduate students in
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Four NIU scholars are being recognized by the Graduate Council’s Student Awards Committee for the exemplary work on their theses and dissertations. This year’s honorees are Nicole Loring from the Department of Political Science; Anne Stoughton from the Department of English; Matthew
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded two grants totaling $445,000 over three years to NIU physics professor Bela Erdelyi for his research on particle accelerators. Erdelyi, an expert in beam physics and accelerator theory and design, will use the funding
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Register now for the second annual “Treinta y tres,” an interdisciplinary conference on Friday, Nov. 15, that will feature the research of three NIU faculty members. According to Christina Abreu, director of the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies, the conference
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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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Four NIU students chosen to live, learn and work on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., experienced a summer of opportunity. As congressional interns, students Brodie Walker, Elizabeth Korbut, Victor Owoeye and Robert “Quinn” Carolan each worked for a member of the Illinois
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With NSF support, NIU faculty engage students from across the country in research NIU professors have been busy planting seeds in recent summers, and the crops seem to expand each year. But they’re not growing fruits and vegetables. Rather, professors from a
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The Administrative Professionals Advisory Council presented the 2019 Patricia S. Siebrasse Administrative Professionals Award for Excellence to Nina Slack, an office manager in the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences (GEOL). Slack has worked in various administrative positions for 21.5 years for the department. The annual
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