They include:
$6,784 — “New Black Music in Chicago: A Series of Artist Panels, Masterclasses and Performance,” proposed by Nitasha Sharma, assistant
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Some of Northwestern University’s brightest minds in biomedical science converged before a packed auditorium yesterday to discuss the hottest topics in their fields.
Hosted by Provost Kathleen Hagerty, “The New Frontiers of Biomedical Science and Biomedical Engineering” panel explored wide-ranging …
An international team of astrophysicists has discovered something wholly new, hidden in the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
In the early 1980s, Northwestern University’s Farhad Yusef-Zadeh discovered gigantic, one-dimensional filaments dangling vertically near Sagittarius A*, our galaxy’s central supermassive …
Political scientists from Northwestern University, University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University have analyzed more than 40 years of congressional data to determine whether effective legislators more frequently adopt a bipartisan or partisan approach to reaching their policy goals.
The researchers …
When she was 15-years-old, Heidi Schreck competed for scholarships in Constitution speech contests hosted by the American Legion. Years later, as the mother of twin daughters, Schreck returned to the Constitution seeking answers to explain the history of domestic violence …
Two academic panels composed of Northwestern University faculty will convene to discuss contemporary topics of importance in higher education — biomedical science and engineering and freedom of expression — in the days leading up to the inauguration of President Michael …
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 …
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.…
Northwestern University’s department of African American Studies will officially change its name to the department of Black Studies.
The department hopes the new name better reflects the breadth of its scholarship and teaching, which encompasses the interdisciplinary study of the …