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CFS internship helped Jessica Wain ’14 find a profession that satisfied her passion for learning and her desire to help people
"Reaching Your Dream" series tells stories of Northwestern alums who found their dream careers thanks to Chicago Field Studies, an academic internship program that matches over 500 students every year with over 250 employer partners. CFS participants receive guidance on...
Mickey Jiang ’14: Chicago Field Studies internship with Shore Capital Partners offered real-world work experience
"Reaching Your Dream" series tells stories of Northwestern alums who found their dream careers thanks to Chicago Field Studies, an academic internship program that matches over 500 students every year with over 250 employer partners. CFS participants receive guidance on...
’20 Alissa Schapiro’s co-curated exhibition, LIFE Magazine and the Power of Photography, wins CAA’s 2021 Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award
Alumna Alissa Schapiro, of the Department of Art History, has been awarded the 2021 Alfred H. Barr Award for museum publication of the year for her co-curation of the "LIFE Magazine and the Power of Photography" exhibit. The exhibit investigates...
’19 Alumnus Dr. Evan Dutmer shortlisted for prestigious 2021 Cambridge University Press Dedicated Teacher Awards
Evan Dutmer, '19 grad of Northwestern's Department of Philosophy, has been nominated as one of the possible recipients of the 2021 Cambridge University Press Dedicated Teacher Awards. Dutmer works as an instructor in Latin, Ancient Mediterranean Cultures, and Ethics at...
Douglas Gabriel ’19 awarded Getty Foundation and ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Art History
Douglas Gabriel '19 was awarded a Getty/American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship in the History of Art for 2021. This fellowship supports an academic year of research and/or writing by early career scholars for a project that will make...
Three Weinberg Ph.D. candidates win prestigious dissertation fellowship
Three doctoral students in Weinberg have been awarded the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship for 2021-2022. The recipients of this prestigious award are Ashley Dennis, Andrea Rosengarten, and Azadeh Safaeian. This fellowship supports a year of research and writing to help advanced...
Professor Michael Rakowitz shares the inspiration behind his work in the James Lecture, “Ghosts, Hosts, Monuments, Admonishments, and Substitutes.”
The 2021 Jeremiah S. and Helen James Lecture in Assyrian Civilization and Culture was delivered by Northwestern Professor and Artist Michael Rakowitz on May 27, 2021. The lecture is titled "Ghosts, Hosts, Monuments, Admonishments, and Substitutes." Watch the lecture below: About Michael...
Northwestern led international team reevaluates what is possible within our universe
The study, "A cool and inflated progenitor candidate for the Type Ib supernova 2019yvr at 2.6 yr before explosion," was published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on May 5th, 2021. This international research team was led by...
Samir Mayekar will offer the 2021 Convocation Address to Weinberg College graduates
On June 13, 2021, Samir Mayekar (’06 WCAS, ’13 MBA) will offer the 2021 Convocation Address to graduates. Mayekar is a first-generation American and holds a B.A. from Northwestern University (summa cum laude) and an M.B.A. with distinction from the Kellogg...
Professors and students share thoughts on cause of divisiveness in the United States
Professors and students were asked the question, "What has led to the current divisiveness within the United States, and how has that impacted civility and the ability to compromise?" James Druckman '93, Payson S. Wild Professor in the Department of Political...