Vice President Lesley Rigg will leave NIU July 1, according to an NIUToday news release.Rigg is leaving to be dean of faculty of science at the University of Calgary in Canada, according to the release. She has served as a professor in the Department...

Lesley Rigg, vice president for Research and Innovation Partnerships, is accepting nominations and applications until Oct. 13 for the 2015 Presidential Research Professorships.Up to three professorships are awarded to recognize faculty member accomplishment...

Up to $850,000 in funding from NIU is needed to update the facilities where the university’s lab animals are kept.The animals are used in research projects and studies and reside in Montgomery Hall and the Psychology Building. The $850,000 would go...

The university's newly launched sexual assault prevention task force will put NIU on the "leading edge" of preventing and handling violence against women and will change the way police disclose offenses to the public, NIU President Doug Baker said.Calling...

Self-defense skills are good for women to have, but this would be better: Teaching men and boys not to attack, instead of teaching women and girls how not to be attacked.If you’ve never thought about sexual attacks in this way, you need to start. Sexual...

Lesley Rigg has been named the interim vice president for Research and Graduate Studies.As interim vice president she will manage the college’s graduate facilities and technology budget and promote culture in her college, among other things. She will...

Nearly one in five women in the U.S. has been raped or suffered an attempted rape, according to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, and NIU hopes to change those numbers.Monday, Lesley Rigg, associate dean of research and graduate...

If you want more confidence in defending yourself from an attacker, a self-defense class is exactly what you need.Lesley Rigg, associate dean of research and graduate affairs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, hosted the Rape Aggression Defense...

An emergency roof replacement for Reavis Hall may begin soon, said Lesley Rigg, associate dean for Research and Graduate Affairs, in an email to staff and faculty. The project is expected to begin between noon and 3 p.m. Friday, Rigg said in the email....