Marcia B. Gealy, Associate Professor of Instruction in Writing (Emerita), died on July 13, 2022, aged 90. Prof. Gealy also taught courses in her specialty, modern Jewish literature, for the programs of Jewish Studies, American Studies, and Comparative Literature. She …
Professor Bryna Kra has been awarded is one of two faculty awarded the 17th annual Dorothy Ann and Clarence L. Ver Steeg Distinguished Research Fellowship Award. The Ver Steeg Fellowship supports scholarship and research by tenured Northwestern faculty whose work …
Northwestern undergraduates Isabella Twocrow and Kadin Mills recently received recognition from the Morris K. and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, a federal agency that supports study in fields related to the environment, tribal public policy, and Native American health care.…
A team of Northwestern astrophysicists has developed the first-ever full 3D simulation of a “collapstar” — the entire evolution of a jet formed by a collapsing star. The paper was published on June 29 in Astrophysical Journal Letters and featured …
“Reaching Your Dream” series tells stories of Northwestern alums of Chicago Field Studies, an academic internship program that matches over 500 students every year with over 250 employer partners. CFS participants receive guidance on choosing internships based on their …
New findings from a team of Northwestern University astrophysicists provide insight into binary star formation and how magnetic fields influence the earliest stages of developing stars. Using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the researchers were able to take …
Northwestern plant biologists have determined that a species of fruit-bearing tree found in Borneo and the Philippines, initially considered by Western botanists to be a single species, is actually two genetically distinct species. The Iban people, indigenous to Borneo, refer …
The decorated African American Studies scholar and Weinberg College alum returns to Northwestern looking to blend scholarship and social activism
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, one of the nation’s premier voices on race and politics, Black social movements and social activism, is joining …
A new study published in the journal Nature Chemistry, is the first report of researchers using light to convert acetylene to ethylene. Northwestern University chemists used light and water to convert acetylene into ethylene, a widely used, highly valuable chemical …
Professor Mesmin Destin will present at this year’s TEDxChicago, an independently organized TED event that promotes “ideas worth spreading.” Professors Michael Jewett and Manijeh Razeghi of the McCormick School of Engineering are also presenters.
Organized around the theme “Showtime: Chi-Time,” …