Weinberg College faculty and graduate students recognized for excellence in teaching
Awards & Honors
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...
New Curriculum Leverages VR To Promote Intercultural Understanding
Claudia Quevedo-Webb, César Hoyos Álvarez, María Jesús Barros García and Spencer Striker have been named the 2025 recipients of the Alumnae of Northwestern University’s Award for Curriculum Innovation. Quevedo-Webb, Hoyos Álvarez and Barros García will incorporate virtual reality into the classroom to enhance...
Promising young researchers receive prestigious NSF CAREER awards
Three Northwestern University assistant professors — Julia Gaudio, Rachel Greenfeld and István Kovács — have received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the foundation’s most prestigious honor for junior faculty members. Gaudio, an assistant professor of industrial...
Four Weinberg College Professors named Sloan Research Fellows
The University has a total of seven professors named as Sloan Research Fellows, and along with MIT, has the most faculty in the 2025 cohort. Seven Northwestern faculty members have been awarded a prestigious 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship. Gifted by the...
Almaz Mesghina receives Daniel I. Linzer Award
The content and structure of her psychology classes promote belonging among all students Almaz Mesghina has received the 2025 Daniel I. Linzer Award for Faculty Excellence in Diversity and Equity. Mesghina will be honored at a reception later this winter. Given annually by...
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...
Astrophysicist Adam Miller Receives Cottrell Scholar Award
Northwestern University astrophysicist Adam Miller has received a 2025 Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), the United States’ first foundation wholly dedicated to science. Miller is among a diverse group of 16 early career scholars in chemistry, physics...
Jorge Coronado awarded a 2025 Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society
Jorge Coronado, Director of Latin American & Caribbean Studies and Professor of Andean and Latin American Literatures, has been awarded a 2025 Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society (APS). Founded in 1743, the APS is the oldest learned...
Sir Fraser Stoddart, a Pioneer In Nanoscience, Dies At 82
Nobel laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart, a Board of Trustees Professor at Northwestern University, died Dec. 30. He was 82. Stoddart, a pioneer in the fields of nanoscience and organic chemistry, was an outsized figure on the Evanston campus and on campuses...