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Kelly was awesome dealing with in a major building move, from beginning to end. Always up to a last minute change with a smile on her face. Thank you Kelly for everything!

Alyssa Harris Alyssa Harris, Ph.D. in Health Sciences candidate at Northern Illinois University, was the lead author of “Facility-Based Uptake of Colorectal Cancer Screening in 45- to 49-Year-Olds After US Guideline Changes.” The study, which included NIU Professor M. Courtney Hughes as senior author, was recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association...

Six doctoral students from NIU’s Department of Computer Science recently joined researchers from across the Midwest to explore emerging ideas in artificial intelligence and gain new perspectives on their work. The students took part in Midwest Speech and Language Days 2026 (MSLD 2026), a regional conference focused on speech, language and conversational AI technologies. Held...

Rockford RISE has graduated 18 new teachers. Launched in 2024, the “Rockford Inspiring School and Community Excellence” initiative to turn Rockford Public Schoolsparaprofessionals into licensed teachers is the result of a grant from Grow Your Own Illinois, a long-time nonprofit organization that supports the development of teacher pathways in communities across Illinois. NIU applied for...