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One year ago, NIU student Jeffrey Lamble found himself exploring the lives of open landfill scavengers in Central America. An estimated 4,000 “waste pickers” in Guatemala City turn small profits by rifling through the 40 acres of trash for reusable items that they can pocket and sometimes sell. This includes food. Unfortunately, their labors expose...

Like most universities, Northern Illinois University is a hub for research and discovery. Unlike at many other schools, however, NIU undergraduates get in on the action. On Tuesday, April 24, more than 200 of those students will show off projects ranging from research aimed at curing cancer to creating greater understanding of cyber-bullying to work...

Attention undergraduates: This is the final week to sign up for Undergraduate Research & Artistry Day. The deadline to register is Friday, March 9. Any undergraduate student currently enrolled at NIU who has participated in a faculty-mentored creative or research project is encouraged to showcase his/her work. This includes independent study, capstone projects, EURA, URAP,...

Registration for the third Annual Undergraduate Research & Artistry Day is officially open. This year’s event will take place Tuesday, April 24, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Any undergraduate student currently enrolled at NIU who has participated in a faculty-mentored creative or research project is encouraged to showcase his or...

Undergraduate Special Opportunities in Artistry and Research (USOAR) is now accepting proposals from current undergraduates who are interested in performing independent artistry or research projects in 2012. Each interested students first must share his or her idea for a research or artistry project with a faculty member. If the idea is validated, each student must...

Attendance soared 25 percent at NIU’s open house in October. The rise in turnout suggests there is increased interest in the school and its vision to be the most student-centered public research university in the Midwest and to grow enrollment to 30,000 by 2020. President John Peters this fall announced his ambitious plan to boost...

Undergraduate Special Opportunities in Artistry and Research (USOAR) is seeking proposals from current undergraduates who are interested in performing independent artistry or research. Students with the most outstanding proposals have the chance to receive up to $2,500 toward the execution of their proposed work. This is a great opportunity for undergraduates to engage more fully...

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...

Are you interested in traveling to another country? Is there a topic you have always wanted to learn more about? Do you want to work with a faculty mentor to conduct exciting undergraduate research? Plan to attend USOAR informational sessions from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, or Thursday, Oct. 7, in Holmes Student Center Room 405...