Awards & Honors

Anna Grassellino, a senior scientist at Fermilab and adjunct professor of physics and astronomy in Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences was recently awarded the 2023 New Horizons in Physics Prize from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. According to Fermilab, the...

History Professor Kate Masur's  book Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction has won the American Historical Association's Littleton-Griswold Prize as the best book on American law and society, broadly defined. Masur’s work details the events...

Bryna Kra, the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Mathematics at Northwestern University, was named a 2023 Association for Women in Mathematics Fellow "For her vision and work creating programs to support women in mathematics, especially GROW (Graduate Research Opportunities for...

Caroline Kent, Assistant Professor in Weinberg College's Department of Art, Theory, and Practice, was recently awarded The Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize by The Studio Museum in Harlem. According to The Studio Museum in Harlem, “The Wein Prize recognizes and honors...

Adilson Motter, the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Physics and Astronomy, was awarded the Senior Scientific Award from the Complex Systems Society (CSS). Since 2004, CSS has worked to advance complex systems research pure and applied, advise scientists...

A new $2.5 million Research Training Grant from the National Science Foundation promises to expand research, enliven student interest, and elevate Northwestern University’s standing in the fast-charging field of dynamics. Spread over five years, the grant aims to increase the strength...

Seth Stein, geophysicist, and professor at Northwestern, recently received the 2022 Walter H. Bucher Medal from the American Geophysical Union. The award acknowledges significant achievements in the field of Earth science — specifically the crust and lithosphere. Over his four-decade career,...

Constance Wright, Weinberg College’s Assistant Dean of Academic Standing, was recently named as a fellow of the Chicago Urban League, a group dedicated to enhancing the lives of the City’s citizens. Established in 1916, Chicago Urban League aimed to address...

Mary Pattillo, the Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of African American Studies, will be awarded the Commitment to Justice Award by the Collaboration for Justice of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and the Chicago...

Assistant Professor Julia Kalow of the chemistry department at Northwestern University was named the 2023 ACS Award in Pure Chemistry awardee. According to the ACS website: The award serves to recognize and encourage fundamental research in pure chemistry carried out in North...