Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University

Research

The pursuit of new knowledge

Committed to creating and sharing new knowledge, faculty members and students alike engage in a wide array of basic and applied research that benefits the vibrant Chicagoland region — the nation’s third largest metropolitan area — as well as communities, organizations and individuals throughout the country and around the world.


Latest Research News

NIU makes match that leads to $1 million grant (7.8.08)

Music historian contributes to new volume on European symphonies from 1800 to 1930 (6.30.08)

Groundbreaking celebration heralds coming of advanced new cancer treatment to Chicago area (6.19.08)

High school teachers, students will build cosmic ray detectors at NIU (6.9.08)

Two NIU students win prestigious Fulbright fellowships (5.13.08)

New book by prize-winning NIU historian chronicles modern age of impeachment (5.5.08)

Mohsen Pourahmadi, John Skowronski awarded 2008 Presidential Research Professorships (4.15.08)

UC Santa Barbara librarian named dean of NIU Libraries (3.24.08)

NIU scientists playing role in development of CERN's LHC detector (3.18.08)

Buyers should beware of truisms about stocks and politics, NIU researcher says (3.18.08)