“Reaching Your Dream” series tells stories of Northwestern alums who found their dream careers thanks to Chicago Field Studies (CFS), an academic internship program that matches over 500 students every year with over 250 employer partners. CFS participants receive …
Calvin L. Holmes graduated in 1986 with a major in African American Studies and a minor in Urban Studies. Today Holmes serves as the President of the Chicago Community Loan Fund (CCLF). Holmes also serves advisory councils and boards across …
Alex Willis graduated in 2017 with a master’s degree in chemistry. After graduation, Willis pursued a career in business analytics and strategy, but he also rekindled his passion for food creation. Ultimately, he appeared on the fifth season of ABC’s …
Cassi Saari graduated in 2011 with a degree from the Program in Environmental Sciences. Today Saari is a project manager for the Chicago Park District Natural Areas.
“We have areas with lots of native plants that have been planted intentionally
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“Reaching Your Dream” series tells stories of Northwestern alums who found their dream careers thanks to Chicago Field Studies (CFS), an academic internship program that matches over 500 students every year with over 250 employer partners. CFS participants receive …
Yosi Kratish is a postdoctoral trainee in the Department of Chemistry, as well as a member of the Tobin Marks Group. Kratish was awarded the 2020-2021 McBride Postdoctoral Trainee Award for the positive influence he brought to his …
Karen Topham was the first transgender teacher to transition on the job. A graduate of Northwestern with a bachelor’s degree in English (1978) and a master’s degree in teaching (1979), Topham has served as an English teacher, writer, public speaker, …
“Reaching Your Dream” series tells stories of Northwestern alums who found their dream careers thanks to Chicago Field Studies (CFS), an academic internship program that matches over 500 students every year with over 250 employer partners. CFS participants receive …
The Great Math Challenge in Biology Contest, sponsored by the NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology, the Department of Molecular Biosciences, and the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, asked contestants to take a real-world problem in biology and propose a …
Alexandra Rone Lang ’21, a Northwestern University philosophy major, won first prize in the 2020 Prize in Ethics Essay Contest presented by The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, LRN Corporation and LRN Founder and Chairman Dov Seidman.
Lang’s winning essay …