Professor Samuel Stupp, of the Department of Chemistry, was elected to the Latin American Academy of Sciences (ACAL). The mission of the ACAL is to “promote and contribute to the development of mathematical, physical, chemical, life, and earth sciences and their...
As an elementary school student, Anthony Tam loved to play with Legos and put small things together, which naturally led him to his love for the molecular world. In high school, he participated in the U.S. Chemistry Olympiad and the...
A recent poll conducted by the COVID States Project found a significant disparity among information sources between parents with and without vaccinated children. The survey included two distinct question types (list selection and open-ended questions) and was distributed around the country...
History Professor Kate Masur is a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in History for her book Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction. Before the Civil War, the United States implemented restrictive laws against African Americans focused on limiting...
Northwestern alum Judith Olson ’65 will receive an honorary Doctor of Science from Northwestern University during this year’s commencement on June 13. Olson, the Donald Bren Professor of Information and Computer Sciences Emerita in the department of informatics at the University...
Eva Jefferson Paterson ’71 will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from Northwestern University during this year’s commencement on June 13. Paterson graduated from Northwestern with a B.A. in political science and was elected the first African American student body president. She went...
Gina Lawrence graduated from Northwestern University in 2008, studying African American Studies and Psychology. A Harvard Law School graduate, Lawrence now serves as Associate General Counsel of the Noble Network of Charter Schools, combining her passion for law and community. What...
It’s an especially golden anniversary for Northwestern University’s Department of African American Studies. Celebrating its 50th year in 2022, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences-housed department has grown into one of the nation’s premier academic homes for the study of...
Rebecca Barak, adjunct assistant professor in the Program in Plant Biology and Conservation and an assistant conservation scientist and seed bank curator, is currently researching alternative methods for maintaining green lawns. Lawn maintenance is in high demand across the country...
Folayemi Agbede graduated from Northwestern in 2009, studying African-American Studies. She has since earned her Master's of Arts in International Development at American University and held multiple positions in the public sector - including at the Center for American Progress and...
