After the Trump administration introduced the controversial “Muslim ban” in 2017, Art History PhD candidate Maryam Athari knew she would not be able to join her PhD cohort on their research trip to Lebanon. As an Iranian, Athari said if …
Professor Claire Sufrin, of Weinberg’s Department of Religious Studies, has been named a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in the category of Modern Jewish Thought and Experience.
Her book, “The New Jewish Canon: Ideas and Debates …
Chad Mirkin, the George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, will be presented the 2022 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal Award for his outstanding scientific contributions and engineering of biomaterials. The award is presented annually by Acta Materialia, …
Professor Corey Byrnes has been chosen as a 2021-2022 Radcliffe Institute Fellow, joining a class whose work spans the sciences, social sciences, humanities and arts. An associate professor of modern and contemporary Chinese culture, comparative literary studies and environmental humanities …
The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious fellowship awarded to graduate students by Northwestern University. It is awarded annually to graduate students who are nominated by their academic programs.
The 2021 Northwestern University Presidential Fellows in Weinberg College include:
Marzouq Alnusf, a PhD candidate in Weinberg’s Department of Philosophy, has been named a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow. Nationally, this award is arguably the most prestigious fellowship available for the humanities addressing questions of religious and ethical …
Professor Omar Farha has received the inaugural AAAFM-Stoddart Award from the American Association for Advances in Functional Materials (AAAFM).
Farha is the Dow Chemical Company Professor in the Department of Chemistry, a member of the International Institute of Nanotechnology (IIN), …
Professor Danna Freedman, of the Department of Chemistry, has been named a Finalist for the prestigious 2021 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.
Freedman is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and runs the Freedman Laboratory, …
Sir Fraser Stoddart, the recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, has been admitted to the Australian Academy of Science as a Corresponding Member for his outstanding contributions to science.
The Academy welcomed 22 Fellows and two Corresponding …
Professor Julia Kalow, of the Department of Chemistry, is one of 16 honorees across the nation selected for the 2021 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.
“I’m grateful to the Dreyfus Foundation for this recognition, which is a testament to
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