Tag: psychology
Sarah Stuebing can walk from her childhood home to her college campus in a matter of minutes. The path she chose at Northern Illinois University put the world at her feet. Since enrolling at NIU in 2010, she has been the model of the engaged student. She has conducted original scholarly research, cultivated a series...
Recent estimates count more than 2 million post-9/11 military veterans. The National Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that unemployment rates among veterans was 10 percent in August of this year. The RAND Center for Military Health Policy Research reported that nearly 20 percent of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffered from major depression...
Questions of political psychology and gender were probed Aug. 27 and 28 during a research workshop at NIU-Naperville. Rebecca Hannagan, a professor in the NIU Department of Political Science, and Grace Deason, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, organized scholars from the fields of political science and psychology who study the...
Northern Illinois pitcher Eli Anderson (Glenview, Ill./New Trier) was named to the Mid-American Conference’s All-Academic team Friday. Anderson was a first-team All-MAC pitcher and averaged a 3.75 grade point average during the 2012-13 school year, including a 4.0 last fall. He holds a 3.20 GPA and is earning his degree in psychology. Anderson is the...
Northern Illinois senior Jenelle McCalla (Whitby, Ontario/Father Leo J. Austin Secondary School) and junior Juliane Totzke (Graefenroda, Germany/Carl Zeiss Gymnasium) were both named to the Mid-American Conference’s Outdoor Track & Field Academic All-Conference Team, the league office announced Thursday. Additionally, Totzke was named Second Team Academic All-District by the College Sports Information Directors of America...
Psychology student Christopher J. Budnick came to NIU because it was close to home. But he stayed for entirely different reasons. “Originally, I transferred to NIU out of convenience; it was near my hometown. I finished my B.A. in psychology, and then I chose to remain at Northern for my graduate degree because of the...
Northern Illinois University women’s basketball player Amanda Corral was named to the 2012-13 Women’s Basketball Academic All Mid-American Conference Team, the league announced Monday. “As hard as she plays on the court and how driven she is, she’s the same way in the classroom,” said NIU head coach Kathi Bennett. “She’s somewhat of a perfectionist....
Northern Illinois senior Jenelle McCalla (Whitby, Ontario/Father Leo J. Austin Secondary School) and junior Juliane Totzke (Graefenroda, Germany/Carl Zeiss Gymnasium) were both named to the Mid-American Conference’s Indoor Track & Field Academic All-Conference team Thursday. In addition, Jamie Burr (Onalaska, Wis./Onalaska HS), Michaela Dwyer (Arlington Heights, Ill./John Hersey HS) and Erica Miller (Geneva, Ill./Geneva HS)...
In the laboratory of award-winning researcher Angela Grippo, mouse-like creatures known as prairie voles are getting an extreme makeover – habitat edition. Nothing too fancy, mind you – a running wheel, chewy toys, tinfoil balls and furnishings that include a paper towel roll and miniature igloo for cozy hiding places. By enriching the living environment...
You’re on deadline, totally immersed in a project at work or school. You glance at your wristwatch and can’t believe where the time has gone. There’s a reason for this time-flies phenomenon, and it has to do with an individual’s working memory capacity, according to NIU researchers. “Individuals with high working memory capacity devote so...
Angela Grippo, an assistant professor of psychology at NIU, has won a major national award for her research into the association between depression and cardiovascular disease in animal models. The American Psychological Association (APA) will present Grippo with one of its prestigious 2012 APA Distinguished Scientific Awards during the organization’s convention, scheduled from Aug. 2...
Northern Illinois track and field senior Jenner Sio and juniors Jenelle McCalla and Courtney Oldenburg were named to the 2012 Outdoor Track & Field Academic All-Mid-American Conference team, the league office announced Tuesday. Sio and McCalla earned the honor for the second consecutive outdoor season, while Oldenburg made her debut after taking honorable mention recognition...
