Geologist Daniel Horton has received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the foundation’s most prestigious honor for junior faculty members. Horton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences…
Bryna Kra, the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Mathematics at Northwestern University, has been elected a Foreign Correspondent of La Academia Chilena de Ciencias, the Chilean Academy of Sciences.
La Academia Chilena de Ciencias is one of six …
Karen Alter, the Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations and professor of political science, and Leslie Harris, professor of history, are faculty members at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and co-chairs of the Organization of Women
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Laura Hein will be honored with this year’s Provost Award for Exemplary Service. She is the Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Professor of History at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
Given annually by Northwestern’s Office of the Provost, …
Patricia Beddows speaks of scuba diving with an undeniable enthusiasm. She smiles when detailing the joys of being underwater. Her eyes gleam when she talks about democratizing underwater scientific research. Her energy rises when discussing the “complex and challenging” natural …
Weinberg College faculty were named to the 2022 Highly Cited Researchers™ list, published by Clarivate Analytics. 6,938 researchers from 69 countries and regions were analyzed. The data covers papers published in science and social sciences journals over the decade from …
Kelly Wisecup, Professor of English, has been awarded the St. Louis Mercantile Library Prize for her 2021 book, Assembled for Use: Indigenous Compilation and the Archives of Early Native American Literatures. Wisecup is also Interim Director (2022-23) of the …
The King Faisal Foundation has awarded the 2023 King Faisal Prize in Medicine and Science to Northwestern University professor Chad A. Mirkin for his work in chemistry. The King Faisal Prize, established in 1979 by the King Faisal Foundation and …
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 …
Susan J. Pearson, Professor of History at Northwestern, has been awarded the 2022 Book Award by the Order of the Coif Executive Committee, for her 2021 book The Birth Certificate: An American History.
The Order of the Coif …