Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Awards & Honors
Professors Bryna Kra and Jared Wunsch named 2021 Simons Fellows
Department of Mathematics professors, Bryna Kra and Jared Wunsch have both been awarded the Simons Fellowship in Mathematics from the Simons Foundation for 2021. The Simons Fellowship is described below on the Simons Foundation website: The Simons Foundation congratulates the outstanding mathematicians and...
Professors Myrna García, Sandra Waxman, and Regan Thomson receive awards for excellence and faculty service
Myrna García, assistant professor of instruction in Latina and Latino Studies, and the diversity, equity and inclusion committee of the physical therapy and human movement sciences department at Feinberg School of Medicine will receive the Daniel Linzer Award for Faculty Excellence in...
Professors Kasey Evans and Kelly Wisecup to create curriculum that will incorporate anti-racist practices in the study of British and American literature
Professors Kasey Evans and Kelly Wisecup of the Department of English were named the 2021 recipients of The Alumnae of Northwestern University’s Award for Curriculum Innovation. They will create curriculum that will incorporate anti-racist practices in the study of British and American...
Professor William Dichtel receives prestigious Blavatnik National Award in Chemistry
Chemist will receive $250,000 scientific prize for organic materials research Northwestern University organic chemist William Dichtel has been named the National Laureate in Chemistry by the 2020 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences...
Professor Thomas O’Halloran named fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Professor Thomas O'Halloran has been named fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). NAI fellow status is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors. O’Halloran is the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the departments of...
Professor Wendy Wall awarded MLA Prize for The Pulter Project
Wendy Wall, professor in the Department of English, has been awarded the Modern Language Association Prize for Collaborative, Bibliographical, or Archival Scholarship for her work, The Pulter Project: Poet in the Making. Wall is no stranger to awards. She has previously...
Professor Helen Tilley receives research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Helen Tilley, professor of history, has been awarded a prestigious research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The National Endowment for the Humanities promotes excellence in the humanities and works to spread lessons of history across the country. The...
Professor Sylvia Perry awarded 2020 SAGE Young Scholar Award
Professor Sylvia Perry, professor in the Department of Psychology, has been awarded the 2020 SAGE Young Scholar Award by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. The Sage Young Scholar Awards recognize outstanding achievements by young scholars who are early in...
Professor Eric Zaslow named a 2021 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Eric Zaslow, professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics has been named a 2021 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. The Fellows of the American Mathematical Society recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication,...
Professor André de Gouvêa elected 2021 fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
André de Gouvêa, Professor of Physics, has been elected a 2021 fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS). Professor de Gouvêa was elected for his contributions to the understanding of the physics of neutrinos and their...