Awards & Honors

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...

The Alumnae of Northwestern University recently awarded 2023-2024 Academic Enrichment Grant funding to three Weinberg College faculty members. They include: $6,784 -- “New Black Music in Chicago: A Series of Artist Panels, Masterclasses and Performance,” proposed by Nitasha Sharma, assistant professor of...

Each year, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Provost recognizes members of the College's tenure-line and teaching-track faculty for excellence in teaching. Weinberg College in addition recognizes the contributions of outstanding graduate student teachers...

Professor Jennifer Lackey has been awarded the 2023 Horace Mann Medal from Brown Graduate School, according to their recent announcement. Lackey is the Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern. The Horace Mann Medal is given annually to a...

Professor Aaron Naber, of the Department of Mathematics, was named a 2023 Simons Investigator in Mathematics. Naber is the Kenneth F. Burgess Professor of Mathematics at Northwestern, and is the second Northwestern professor ever to receive this honor. The Simons Investigators...

Recipients of the annual staff recognition awards at Weinberg College were honored at a luncheon hosted by Dean Adrian Randolph on May 4. The winners were selected by the Weinberg Staff Advisory Board from a remarkable pool of nominees. Below...

Teri W. Odom, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), according to the Academy’s announcement on May 2nd. Odom is an expert...

Timothy Earle, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), according to the Academy's announcement on May 2. Earle is an economic anthropologist specializing in the evolution of complex societies, prehistoric economies, and...

Professor Richard B. Silverman, of the Department of Chemistry, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), according to the Academy's announcement on May 2nd. Silverman is the Patrick G. Ryan/Aon Professor at Northwestern. Silverman's research is focused primarily on...

Congratulations to the new cohort of Franke Graduate Fellows of the Kaplan Humanities Institute. These competitive residencies allow Franke Fellows to develop their research and teaching within the Kaplan Institute's interdisciplinary community throughout 2023-2024. Franke Graduate Fellowships, supported by funding from...