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Northwestern Named Top Fulbright Producing Institution For 19th Year
Northwestern was recently named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution by the U.S. Department of State for the 19th consecutive year. This year, 20 students and alumni received Fulbright awards, which allow them to teach, study and conduct research around the world. “This achievement...
Arch Scholars Student Spotlight: Natalia Masnica
Natalia Masnica Class of 2025 Arch Program Posner Major/Minor Biology Why did you decide to participate in Arch? I decided to participate in Arch because I wanted to meet a community of peers who are also first-generation students starting research. The Posner Research Program allowed me to...
Three Weinberg undergraduates recognized with Fletcher Awards
Three undergraduate students in Weinberg College have been presented with Fletcher Awards from Northwestern’s Office of Undergraduate Research. Elizabeth Dudley ’24, Elena Housteau ’24, and Sophia Huang ’25 each received a $250 prize, funded by the Fletcher Family Foundation, for outstanding work in research. For...
Arch Scholars Student Spotlight: Gisely Torres
Gisely Torres she/her Class of 2023 Arch Programs Bio&Chem EXCEL, NU Bioscientist, Bridge 2, Peer Mentoring Major/Minor Global Health and Latino/a Studies on pre-med track Why did you decide to participate in Arch? I decided to participate in Arch because it seemed like this was my best shot...
Ian Sanders endows professorship and creates ‘must-take’ undergraduate seminar
New Ian Sanders Chair of History will teach Sanders Seminar starting this fall As a Northwestern undergraduate, Ian Sanders ’91 relished the intimate seminars he took with history professors like Lacey Baldwin Smith, Peter Hayes, and Karen Halttunen at the Weinberg...
Northwestern University Celebrates a Decade of Successful Partnership with the Posse Foundation
Northwestern University is celebrating a decade-long partnership with the Posse Foundation's Los Angeles chapter, which brings a new cohort of Southern California-based students to the university each year. The program is a prime example of the success that Posse has...
A new Northwestern University program named VINE allows undergraduate neuroscience majors to capitalize on existing research and have a more direct path to a PhD degree
A new Northwestern University program aims to decrease the time to a PhD for research-invested neuroscience undergraduates while simultaneously increasing diversity and strengthening Northwestern’s position in the ever-growing scientific field. The Vertically Integrated Neuroscience Education Program, or VINE, will offer a...
To build capacity for inclusive teaching in STEM, Weinberg College to engage faculty in a focus on teaching effectiveness with an Inclusive Excellence grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Northwestern University is one of 104 schools that will receive a six-year Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) initiative grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). The HHMI announcement notes that IE3 challenges U.S. colleges and universities to build capacity for student...
Students develop communicative skills and cultural competence through the new eTandem language learning exchange
Shannon Millikin, Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has created an eTandem language learning exchange between Northwestern students taking Intermediate Spanish 121, and students and English learners at universities abroad. Millikin coordinates and teaches Spanish 121,...
Arch Scholars Student Spotlight: Vivica Lewis
Vivica Lewis she/her Class of 2023 Arch Programs Bio&Chem EXCEL Major/Minor Sociology and Global Health Studies Why did you decide to participate in Arch? From the first email I received about the program, I was interested! I was excited for the opportunity to connect with other students from...