President Gloria J. Gibson released a video welcoming students, faculty and staff to the Fall 2020 semester. The bookstore has new processes for ordering and picking up books, and multicultural student orientations continue. Read about all this and more in Noteworthy at Northeastern.

Four Northeastern Illinois University students, under the direction of three professors and in partnership with the EPA and the Student Center for Science Engagement, spent 10 weeks of the summer studying the impacts of air pollution.

Through Northeastern's Student Center for Science Engagement, undergraduate students examined air pollution data this summer to study two separate issues: if areas with higher levels of particulate matter (or PM 2.5) correlate with higher cases or mortality rates of COVID-19 and the occurrence of ozone plumes.

A graduate student is already putting her education into practice at the Chicago Park District. Read about her work on Chicago’s lakefront and much more in this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.

Northeastern Illinois University’s Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education announced changes to several of its programs’ names and has made some additions for the upcoming term. There’s still time to register for the 48th annual Chuck Kane Scholarship Golf Event, attend a new Multicultural Student Orientation or participate in Summer Safe Zone training if you’re a Northeastern staff or faculty member. Read about all this and more in this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.

Northeastern Illinois University’s Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education has changed several of its programs’ names and has made some additions beginning in the Fall 2020 term.

The Chuck Kane Scholarship Golf Event may look a bit different this year to adhere to health guidelines and precautions, but Northeastern will still gather — virtually and on the greens — to raise funds for students. Read about this and more in the latest edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.

The College of Arts and Sciences has made name changes to two departments as well as a major and a minor to highlight new course offerings. Students can continue to register for the New Multicultural Student Orientation sessions and remote Safe Zone Training sessions for faculty begin next week. Read about all this and more in this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.

Northeastern Illinois University’s College of Arts and Sciences has changed the name of its Art department to Art + Design and the department, major and minor of Women’s and Gender Studies to Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies beginning in the Fall 2020 semester.

At Northeastern Illinois University, we are proud of the diversity of our community, and we celebrate our cultural differences.