Weinberg College faculty and graduate students recognized for excellence in teaching
Awards & Honors
Andrew Papachristos named new director of Institute for Policy Research
Sociologist has applied network science to study crime, violence and policing Sociologist Andrew Papachristos will become Northwestern University’s new director of the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) and the John G. Searle Professor of Sociology, effective Sept. 1. is the PapachristosJohn...
Kirabo Jackson appointed as member of President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisors
He is one of the world’s leading experts in the economics of education Kirabo “Bo” Jackson, the Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy in Northwestern University's Department of Economics and at the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP),...
Adia Benton awarded Anthropology in Media the Award (AIME) from the American Anthropological Association
Adia Benton was awarded the Anthropology in Media Award (AIME) from the American Anthropological Association. Benton is an associate professor of Anthropology and African Studies at Northwestern University, where she is affiliated with the Science in Human Culture Program. She is the...
Curt Horvath named President-Elect of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society (ICIS)
Curt Horvath has been nominated as the President-Elect of the International Cytokine and Interferon Society (ICIS). Horvath is professor of molecular biosciences at Northwestern University. "I was privileged to be nominated for the President-Elect of the ICIS, and I am humbled...
Julia Kalow earns 2023 Early Career Research Program award from the U.S. Department of Energy
After two months of tightly guarding news that she had earned a research-propelling grant, Julia Kalow’s secret is out. On August 4, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Kalow as one of its 2023 Early Career Research Program award winners. Kalow,...
Elizabeth Koselka receives a Fulbright U.S. Scholar fellowship
Northwestern University graduate student has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar fellowship from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. The prestigious fellowship provides unique opportunities for scholars to teach and conduct research abroad, forge new relationships and...
Carole LaBonne named President-Elect of the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB)
Close to a thousand scientists from around the world who study embryonic development will gather in Chicago for the 82nd annual meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) from July 20-23, 2023. At the meeting, Northwestern Professor Carole LaBonne,...
New mineral ‘kanatzidisite’ named after Mercouri Kanatzidis
Mercouri Kanatzidis, inorganic chemist at Northwestern University, has received an unusual honor: a new mineral discovered in Hungary has been named after him, the International Mineralogical Society (IMA) announced recently. The mineral, a chalcogenide, is called kanatzidisite in recognition of Kanatzidis’...
Larry Hedges to receive World Cultural Council’s 2023 World Award of Education
Larry Hedges, Board of Trustees Professor of Statistics and Education and Social Policy, has been selected as the winner of the World Cultural Council 2023 José Vasconcelos World Award of Education. The Council described Hedges' development of statistical methods for meta-analysis...
Mercouri Kanatzidis wins 2023 Centenary Prize from Royal Society of Chemistry
Mercouri Kanatzidis, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor in the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded the 2023 Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry for scientific contributions that have ushered in "a new era in solar energy...