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Altgeld Hall sitting underneath semi-cloudy weather. The Faculty Senate appointed Ben Creed as its new president, effective July 1. (Alyssa Queen | Northern Star)

Faculty Senate appoints new president

By Kaitlyn Lee-Gordon, News Reporter | April 27, 2023

DeKALB – A new president of the Faculty Senate was appointed in Wednesday’s final Faculty Senate meeting of the year. Ben Creed, an assistant professor in educational administration, has been welcomed as the next Faculty Senate President. Creed...

Committee requests addition, deletion of academic programs

By Noah Thornburgh | May 17, 2019

Sixteen programs, including three Ph.Ds, are waiting on approval at the next Board of Trustees meeting June 13.{{tncms-inline alignment="left" content="<p>Requests for addition</p> <ul><li>Ph.D....

Virginia Naples, a professor of 32 years in the biological studies department, takes a break from her ongoing research on gender pay inequality at NIU. She has been studying gender pay inequality for more than 20 years.

Female salary inequity found

By Northern Star staff | July 21, 2016

Virginia Naples, a professor of 32 years in the biological studies department, takes a break from her ongoing research on gender pay inequality at NIU. She has been studying gender pay inequality for more than 20 years.

Report: Engineering staff needed

By Scott Nicol | May 5, 2016

The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology has been recommended to transform both the B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering and the minor in biomedical engineering, and review or phase out nine certificates — the most from any college at...

Undergraduates: Practice interviews at career fairs

By Mohammed Taha Faridi | September 28, 2014

Undergraduate students should take advantage of upcoming job and internship fairs.Tuesday marks the beginning of the Graduate and Professional School Fair. More than 100 programs have been organized and recruiters were invited to the fair, as well as...

$45M engineering grant goes to design

By Shikha Duttyal | April 28, 2014

The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology has received a $45.3 million software grant from Siemens, assisting students and faculty to complete the life cycle of a product design.Siemens donated the grant to CEET for the purchase of software...

Campaign recruits engineers

By James Green | September 23, 2013

The #WhyEngineering campaign has looked to increase engineering retention through “survival guide” pamphlets and tutoring, among other things.#WhyEngineering is an advertising campaign imagined by students working under Amanda Carrier, College of...

NIU college to introduce new robotics curriculum

By Julia Boyle | April 30, 2013

A new lab and new curriculum--new engineering students have changes to look forward to thanks to a $50,000 grant. The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology has introduced a new curriculum for future students following a grant from OMRON Foundation....

College of Engineering to get a new lab

By Northern Star Staff | October 28, 2012

OMRON Global will be sponsoring the development of a new lab for the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, according to NIU Today. The new lab will include state-of-the-art equipment like robotics arms, microcontrollers and testing equipment,...

Engineering students develop technology to aid people with Parkinsons, tremors

By Joe Palmer | April 17, 2012

NIU engineering students use technology to target tremors. A multidisciplinary group of NIU engineering students have banded together to try and make life easier for people with Parkinson’s disease, said project mentor and professor of mechanical engineering...

NIU to participate in 2012 Indian Initiative

By Ross Hettel | September 18, 2011

The Institute of International Education selected NIU, along with 10 other universities, to participate in the 2012 Indian Initiative. The program's goal is to increase higher education connections between U.S. and Indian institutions, according to a...