The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games are underway, and Northwestern students and alumni can expect to see some familiar faces among the world's top athletes. Three Weinberg graduates are competing in this year's games, and they are prepared to give Tokyo...
Larry Irving, president of the Northwestern Alumni Association, is using his platform to focus on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Since beginning his term in Sept. 2020, Irving said the NAA board has been working to build a community...
Northwestern alumnus and international basketball agent Alex Saratsis represents some of the best players in the NBA, including this year's NBA Finals MVP, Giannis Antetokounmpo. Saratsis graduated from Northwestern in 2002 with a degree in political science, where he learned many...
Professor Claire Sufrin, of Weinberg's Department of Religious Studies, has been named a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in the category of Modern Jewish Thought and Experience. Her book, "The New Jewish Canon: Ideas and Debates 1980-2015," roadmaps the changing...
Professor Mark Hauser, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and an affiliate faculty member of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, has a new book, "Mapping Water in Dominica: Enslavement and Environment under Colonialism," that examines the link...
Chad Mirkin, the George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, will be presented the 2022 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal Award for his outstanding scientific contributions and engineering of biomaterials. The award is presented annually by Acta Materialia, Inc....
Alessandro Pavan, professor of economics, is investigating the productivity of workers as they age and their correlation to taxes. The research is part of a joint effort between Northwestern University and the University of Kent, and it was based on a...
Professor Corey Byrnes has been chosen as a 2021-2022 Radcliffe Institute Fellow, joining a class whose work spans the sciences, social sciences, humanities and arts. An associate professor of modern and contemporary Chinese culture, comparative literary studies and environmental humanities...
The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious fellowship awarded to graduate students by Northwestern University. It is awarded annually to graduate students who are nominated by their academic programs. The 2021 Northwestern University Presidential Fellows in Weinberg College include: Andrea Adomako An interdisciplinary...
Growing up, Northwestern student Victoria Da Conceicao looked to her grandmother for inspiration. But she had to face a difficult reality as her grandmother's sharp mind began to soften. After doing research as to what could slow Alzheimer's disease, her...
