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Lunar eclipse draws crowds to Haile Planetarium

Lunar eclipse draws crowds to Haile Planetarium

Owen Treolo, Reporter January 22, 2019

This past Sunday night, the Haile Planetarium hosted an event to commemorate the super blood wolf moon eclipse, an extremely rare occurrence. The event started with a small documentary about the moon...

Suffering and silenced: The reality of eating disorders on campus

Suffering and silenced: The reality of eating disorders on campus

Noël Waltz, Reporter January 21, 2019
More than 30 million people across the country are struggling with an eating disorder, but only 30% will ever seek help. Eating disorders are terrifying, and many college students will unfortunately come to understand that all too well. A few Norse have been willing to tell their stories - will you listen?
Whos Umi? What to know about NKUs mummy project

Who’s Umi? What to know about NKU’s mummy project

Kane Mitten, Assistant Arts & Life Editor January 18, 2019
A 2,000-year-old mummy named Umi made a stop at NKU on Thursday morning as part of an ongoing collaboration between the university and the Cincinnati Museum Center.
GALLERY: Ancient mummy analyzed at Health Innovation Center

GALLERY: Ancient mummy analyzed at Health Innovation Center

Kane Mitten, Assistant Arts & Life Editor January 17, 2019
The Cincinnati Museum Center's child mummy, believed to be almost 2,000 years old, visited NKU's Health Innovation Center to be scanned and analyzed Thursday.
College students need to learn to love naps

College students need to learn to love naps

Corinne Byrne, Reporter December 11, 2018
If you spend the majority of your nights sleeping less than eight hours, you may be in “sleep debt,” says Dr. Angela Lipsitz, former psychology professor at NKU.
NKUs Health Innovation Center.

Opioids: Health Innovation receives $200K to fight epidemic

Northerner Staff November 27, 2018
Northern Kentucky’s opioid overdose rates were among some of the highest in the state last year.
NKU Provost Sue Ott Rowlands, NKU President Ashish Vaidya, Governor Matt Bevin, NKU Board of Regents Chair Lee Scheben and NKU nursing student Cayla Destafani at the Health Innovation Center dedication Oct. 17, 2018.

Health Innovation Center: Bevin, Vaidya cut ribbon at dedication

Josh Goad, Assistant News Editor October 18, 2018
The governor, state and NKU officials dedicated the Health Innovation Center on Wednesday.
A rendering of the new St. Elizabeth Healthcare and OrthoCincy building at the entrance of NKUs main campus.

GALLERY: U.S. 27 project groundbreaking at campus entrance

Northerner Staff October 18, 2018
NKU officials broke ground Thursday on the site of a new medical office building that will house regional healthcare providers at the entrance to campus.
Valerie Hardcastle, executive director of the Institute for Health Innovation.

Education, care go hand-in-hand for Health Innovation director

Josh Goad, Reporter April 9, 2018

“She was a woman with a vision,” Dr. Valerie Gray Hardcastle said of her grandmother. ”Her vision was that the sons would get a college education and that was there way out of this abject poverty...

Buena Vista is located between 7th and 12th street in Newport, KY.

NKU ecological stewards to make historic Newport green

Josh Goad, Reporter February 18, 2018

Chris Harris sits at his desk in a swivel chair. Next to the office’s door, poster board presentations are filled with maps and pictures of Newport’s historic districts. He’s the assistant historic...

Flu concerns caused an alumni homecoming event to be cancelled.

Alumni chili cook-off cancelled as flu season intensifies

Carrie Blair, Reporter February 10, 2018
The recent flu season hit the nation hard, and NKU is no exception.
Why is NKU so windy?

Any way the wind blows: why campus is so windy

Josh Goad, Reporter February 2, 2018
Why is NKU so windy?
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