In this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern, read about the University’s new partnership with Heartland Health Centers to provide COVID-19 vaccinations for their current patients to help slow the pandemic. Also, the Nuevas Voces Ten-Minute Play Festival and Contest announced their October 2021 winners, the celebration of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month continues, Stress-Free Zone activities continue throughout April, and Student Health Services provides some tips for self-care with art therapy!

Northeastern Illinois University is allowing Heartland Health Centers to utilize part of its Physical Education Complex to provide COVID-19 vaccinations for its current 27,000 patients, many of whom live on the North and Northwest sides of Chicago.

This week, Northeastern Illinois University President Gloria J. Gibson released a video to reiterate her excitement that in-person classes will resume at Northeastern in some capacity for the Fall 2021 term. Plus, Associate Professor of History and Principal of the Mossadegh Initiative Mateo Farzaneh released his second book. With the Angelina Pedroso Center for Diversity and Intercultural Affairs kicking off the celebration of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month and TRIO Student Support Services hosting Leading and Learning Week, there are lots of virtual events to take part in! Read about all this and more in this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern.

In September 1980, less than two years after Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Iraq invaded Iran and began a war that lasted for nearly a decade. The war hasn’t received much academic attention, and the role of women in the war hasn’t been discussed until now.  

Northeastern Illinois University students presented research at the Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Illinois LSAMP) and eight earned awards for their research! Womxn’s HERstory Month wraps up, the Department of Student Success and Retention hosts their first Spring into NEIU: Transfer Student Survival Guide event and several more virtual activities are scheduled. Plus, many members of the Northeastern community were in the news this week. Read about these events and more in this week’s edition of Noteworthy at Northeastern!

Nine Northeastern Illinois University students presented their research at the Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Illinois LSAMP) virtual spring symposium on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Eight students won awards for their poster presentations.