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The Division of Research and Graduate Studies has announced its annual request for proposals for Research and Artistry Awards. Proposals are invited from NIU faculty to support research and artistry activities in all academic areas. These awards reflect the university’s commitment to investing resources in faculty research, scholarly and creative activities. In 2011-12, proposals will...

A new online library for NIU’s scholarly materials and products, the Huskie Commons Digital Repository, is being developed by the University Libraries and Information Technology Services (ITS). Once completed, this repository will “provide a long-term secure digital space where faculty and staff can place their publications, data sets and other research materials,” said Patrick Dawson,...

NIU’s Division of Research and Graduate Studies will hold  a retirement reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, in honor of Barb Berg and Lin Nevitt. Both Berg, business manager for the Northern Illinois University Press, and Nevitt, administrative assistant in the Graduate School, are retiring after 25 years of service to the university....

One is shedding light on the subatomic bits of matter that are the building blocks of nature, while the other is contributing to the understanding and conservation of reptiles and amphibians.   Despite such disparate fields of research, physicist Dhiman Chakraborty and biologist Richard King, the newly named 2011 Presidential Research Professors at Northern Illinois...

NIU’s Division of Research and Graduate Studies invites faculty, staff and students to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of the university’s graduate students. A reception is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the Altgeld Hall auditorium. An awards presentation begins at 4 p.m. These groups of students will be recognized: Dissertation Completion Fellowship and University Fellowship for 2011-2012. Current...

NIU graduate students will have a chance to showcase their research and scholarship during the second annual Graduate Student Research Conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at the Holmes Student Center.  The full-day conference, sponsored by the Graduate Student Research Association, provides a formal venue for students to present their work...

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...

Lisa Freeman, vice president for Research and Graduate Studies at NIU, has issued the annual call for nominations for honorary doctoral degrees to be awarded from Northern Illinois University. Awarding an honorary degree is an opportunity for NIU to recognize someone especially outstanding in a field of interest to the university. It is necessary, though...

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,...