Mary Pattillo, the Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of African American Studies, will be awarded the Commitment to Justice Award by the Collaboration for Justice of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and the Chicago...
Northwestern was recently selected to lead a new Center for Chemical Innovation by the National Science Foundation. The team uses the power of biocatalysis found in nature to develop practical strategies that span from fine chemical production and sustainable chemical...
Northwestern Professor Jens Koch was recently appointed as deputy director for the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center (SQMS). Koch officially assumed the position on September 1, replacing the previous deputy director Jim Sauls. Koch is a Professor of Physics and...
Cody Keenan graduated from Northwestern in 2002 before going on to work in the Obama administration. Now he has returned to campus as a visiting professor at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences where he teaches a class on...
Northwestern Professor of chemistry Ted Sargent will discuss how researchers are creating solutions that capture and consume CO2 to make fuels and materials during an event held on October 4, 2022 at 2 pm CDT. The virtual event, titled "The...
A team led by Northwestern researchers recently received a $5 million grant over five years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create strategies that will help mitigate the effects of climate change on the Great Lakes and its surrounding communities. “This hub...
Over the last two decades, award-winning journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert has traveled the globe, peppered top scientists with thoughtful questions and scrutinized research and media reports in one enterprising, unrelenting quest: to get to the heart of the debate...
Adrian Randolph, Dean of Weinberg College, welcomes new and returning students to the fall quarter and academic year in the video below. "I could not be happier to welcome you for this fall term. Know that I and my faculty and...
A founder of the field of quantum chaos remembered as an enthusiastic mathematician, colleague and teacher Steven “Steve” Zelditch, the Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Mathematics at Northwestern University, died Sunday, Sept. 11, after a battle with cancer. He was...
New center named for the renowned economist will bolster the University’s reputation for excellence in the field of economic theory A gift from the Patrick G. ’59, ’09 H and Shirley W. Ryan ’61, ’19 H (’97, ’00 P) Family will...
