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The real beneficiaries of protective labor laws for women
During the first half of the 20th century, many states passed labor laws in response to the influx of women into the modern workplace. The so-called protective labor laws enacted by U.S. states restricted women’s economic opportunities through maximum hours...
MFA graduate bree gant on how several mediums shape her artistic practice
bree gant is in her studio in Locy Hall writing. Her words flow horizontally across the page, wrapping left to right down the page. Like movements in a dance sequence, the word order changes slightly with each repetition, creating subtle...
Two Named Gates Cambridge Scholars, Will Study History and Machine Learning
Jane Clarke ’24 and Rachel C. Zhang ’24 MS have received 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Now celebrating its 25th year, the program identifies academically outstanding social leaders to pursue postgraduate study and research at the University of Cambridge. Established in 2000...
Northwestern Student Ethan Barnes Named a Truman Scholar
Northwestern student Ethan Barnes has been named a 2025 Truman Scholar in recognition of his academic achievement and commitment to public service leadership. A junior studying political science in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Barnes is planning to pursue...
2025 Convocation speaker Junta Nakai ’04 shows how grit and determination fueled his success in the tech world
Junta Nakai knows exactly how he got here. Here, is his position as the global vice president at Databricks, a San Francisco-based data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) company. The globe’s sixth-largest startup, Databricks, was recently valued at $62 billion. And how...
Two Northwestern students receive Soros Fellowships for New Americans
JK Anowe, a graduate student in the English department at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and Devika Ranjan, a Ph.D. candidate in performance studies at the School of Communication, have each been awarded a 2025 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship...
Mayán Alvarado-Goldberg named Luce Scholar
Mayán Alvarado-Goldberg ’24 has been named a 2025-26 Luce Scholar and will spend the next year in Asia working in reproductive health. Alvarado-Goldberg is one of a cohort of 16 who will embark on the 13-month experiential fellowship program, which offers...
Love Data Week: NU Students Shine in Data Viz Championship
This Valentine's Day, show your love for data. Northwestern students, faculty, and staff participate in a week-long celebration of data storytelling, creativity, and innovation as part of the international Love Data Week event. The week celebrates data and aims to unite...
Student Wins Global Photography Competition for Second Year In a Row
‘I love using my astrophotography to emphasize human connection’ In his photography, graduate student Imran Sultan must overcome several obstacles: subjects that only appear in the middle of the night, the obscuring haze of Chicago’s light pollution and distances that reach thousands of...
Alumni Spotlight Q&A: Russell Kahn ’16
Meet Russell Kahn, who graduated from Northwestern University in 2016. What inspired you to pursue study in the American Studies Program? During the Spring of my Freshman year at Northwestern I begged Professor Sarah McFarland Taylor to let me into her American...