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RHoK NIU Recap

Designing Solutions for Food Insecurity at NIU: A Look Inside RHoKThe NIU community collaborates to design solutions to food insecuri...

In Event, Apr 17, 2026

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RHoK NIU Recap

Designing Solutions for Food Insecurity at NIU: A Look Inside RHoKThe NIU community collaborates to design solutions to food insecurity at NIUWhat if being hungry made it harder to su...

In Event, Apr 17, 2026

Modeling the Gut Microbiota of Child Populations Sprint

Mondelez, a global food company, is looking for microbiome experts.

In Opportunity, Entrepreneurship, Apr 16, 2026

Assessing Snacking Satisfaction through Multidisciplinary Insights Sprint

Mondelez, a multinational snack manufacturer, seeks insights into drivers of consumer satisfaction with foods by exploring the intersection of behavioral science, nutrition and consum...

In Opportunity, Entrepreneurship, Apr 15, 2026

Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in Earth and Environmental Science

We are sad that Northern Exposure is done for the semester, but we were so happy to have had Dr. Suzanne Autrey be our presenter for the finale of NX. Dr. Autrey gave us a talk on app...

In 71North, Presentation, Apr 10, 2026

Cindy Carbajal Spotlight

Member Spotlight: Cindy Carbajal

In Spotlight, Studio Member, Apr 08, 2026

Benchmarks Resource Grants

Introducing the Benchmarks Resource Grant Program

In Opportunity, Challenge, Apr 07, 2026

Health Security Innovation Challenge

If you’re building a deployable solution to strengthen prevention, protection, or rapid response to CBRN and emerging biological threats, the Health Security Innovation Challenge puts...

In Opportunity, Challenge, Apr 04, 2026

Summarizing Data Through Visualizations

We had the pleasure of welcoming our first computer science professor to Northern Exposure this past Friday. Dr. David Koop, assistant professor from the Department of Computer Scienc...

In 71North, Presentation, Apr 03, 2026

Empowered To Serve

Bringing a great health solution to life can be challenging. Many promising innovations never reach the communities that could benefit from them most. In fact, it often takes years fo...

In Opportunity, Healthcare, Apr 02, 2026

Women's Mentoring Co-Op

Applications are now open for Cohort 21 of the Women’s Mentoring Co-op!

In Workshop, Entrepreneurship, Apr 01, 2026