After more than 800 homicides in 2020, gun violence levels in Chicago remain elevated. As part of the American Sociological Association’s (ASA) annual conference, Professor Andrew Papachristos appeared on a panel with distinguished sociologists, violence interrupters, and public officials to …
Professor Thomas McDade, of the Department of Anthropology, found that two months after the second Pfizer/Moderna vaccination, antibody response decreases by 20% in adults with prior cases of COVID-19.
McDade and a team of biological anthropologists tested blood samples from …
The Waldron Student-Alumni Connections Career Summit will be held on Monday, September 20, 2021, from 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. CT. The Career Summit — which will be virtual — offers students an opportunity to learn how to communicate their …
Two Weinberg College alumni have been awarded the American Council of Learned Societies’ Emerging Voices Fellowship. The fellowship was created in response to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it aims to support early-career scholars who will …
The LSST Corporation, a non-profit consortium of around 30 research institutions, has received $7 million to establish a brand new fellowship around data from the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile. The fellowship is called the LSSTC Catalyst Fellowship, and it …
Professor Elizabeth Tipton, of the Department of Statistics, joined researchers to discuss classroom culture in the Growth Mindset Workshop, hosted by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Yidan Prize Foundation.
A growth mindset is a …
Northwestern University has been granted $3.3 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore and develop new methods of capturing carbon emissions directly from the air. The Department announced this August that they will provide more than …
Professor Ed Muir, of the Department of History, was elected as the new president of the American Historical Association. He is the first professor at Northwestern to receive this honor, and it is indicative of his high esteem as …
Professors Edith Chen and Greg Miller, of the Department of Psychology, found that overcoming adversity can actually be harmful to the health of low-income adolescents of color.
The researchers discovered that students who were psychologically successful, with a strong …
Professor Richard B. Silverman, of the Department of Chemistry, has received the 2021 Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry. The award was established in 1980 by the Executive Board of Editors and the Publisher of Tetrahedron Publications, and …