Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Amanda Logan, associate professor of anthropology at Weinberg, has been named to the 2022 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. The program supports scholars who have demonstrated exemplary work in the fields of social sciences and humanities, targeting those who are specifically...
Adrian Randolph, dean of the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Art History, has been elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Randolph joins over 3,000 distinguished Fellows from...
Northwestern junior Ji Hye Choi recently received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship for her work in prison education and civic engagement. Truman scholars around the country are awarded up to $30,000 to “recognize their commitments to careers in public service.”...
Each year, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Provost recognize members of the College's tenure-line and teaching-track faculty for excellence in teaching. Weinberg College also recognizes the contributions of outstanding graduate student teachers in...
Sera Young's advocacy and research to preserve global health, especially in low-resource settings, has been recognized by the American Society for Nutrition Foundation. Highlights: Young's Water Insecurity Experiences (WISE) Scale brings a human and global perspective to conventional water indicators. It...
Jeffrey Masten, professor of English and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Northwestern, was recently named a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Masten’s work focuses on book history, sexuality and early modern English literature. The Guggenheim award...
Professor Shana Kelley was recently named a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Kelley is the Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, with appointments in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and...
Cristina Lafont, the Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern, has received the 2022 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize for Philosophical Achievement and Contribution. This prize, awarded to two academics with opposing views...
Department of Art Theory and Practice alumnus Angelo Madsen Minax has been awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship. Minax received his MFA from Northwestern in 2012. Minax is a multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker, with projects that draw on auto-ethnography to explore chosen...
Jorge Coronado, Professor of Latin American and Andean Literatures and Cultures, has been awarded a Berlin Prize by the American Academy in Berlin. The highly coveted fellowship is awarded annually to scholars, writers, composers, and artists from the United States who represent the...