The NIU Human Auditory Physiology Lab (HAPL) is looking for individuals to participate in a project designed to examine how changes in cognition following concussion affect a person’s ability to function in complex auditory environments, like a noisy classroom. Matt Wilson, associate
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The College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) welcomed its first chair for the new School of Interdisciplinary Health Professions (SIHP), Paul Priester. Paul Priester, chair for the new School of Interdisciplinary Health Professions Priester who holds a Ph.D. degree in counseling
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NIU Audiology Professor King Chung wants children and adults to enjoy having their hearing tested, and she now has funding from the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program to do just that. Professor King Chung Chung received the Fulbright Scholar Award to provide hearing
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The Child Development and Family Center (CDFC) began accepting applications for its all-day Preschool for All Expansion program June 17. The program is free for families who qualify. NIU received Illinois State Board of Higher Education funding for the Preschool for All
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The increased demand for nurses who hold bachelor of science degrees continues, with some organizations recommending 80% of registered nurses hold a B.S. degree by 2020. To help meet the demand, NIU’s nursing program has received funding aimed to increase the number
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NIU will conferred an honorary doctorate degree to Marcia Grant, an exceptional professor who has mentored over 200 nurse scientists and has received over $35 million in external grant funding. A Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the division of Nursing Research and Education
Read moreAn important research laboratory has a new home on the NIU campus. The Health and Human Sciences Survey Research Laboratory recently moved from the Monat Building on N. Third Street to McMurray Hall. “I am glad to have the lab on campus
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If you suspect your toddler may be having trouble saying words or phrases or may be having a hard time understanding what you say, an NIU research study may be able to assist. The NIU Speech-Language Pathology program is studying the effectiveness
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Joann LoSavio When NIU graduate student JoAnn LoSavio has to choose between paying rent and paying for child care for her 2-year-old daughter, the choice is obvious. “I have to pay rent first,” LoSavio, a doctoral student in the Department of History,
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The students and faculty behind Ellington’s at the Holmes Student Center want you to know they are open for lunch Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Feb. 26. “The ongoing Holmes Student Center remodeling project doesn’t affect us. Our dining room will be open
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Oriana Flores isn’t quite sure how to spend her downtime these days after spending hours upon hours sorting through old photos and article clippings to capture how NIU is “Creating Environments that Matter.” Praised by all who’ve seen it, Flores’ eye-catching exhibit offers
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All proceeds raised from ROTC 50th Anniversary alumni events in October to benefit Cadet Fund. The NIU Division of University Advancement, led by Catherine Squires, CFRE ’80, president and CEO of NIU Foundation/vice president for University Advancement, is proud to donate all
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