An interdisciplinary research team led by anthropology Professor Thomas McDade of Northwestern University launched a sizeable community-based study in June 2020 called SCAN: Screening for Coronavirus Antibodies in Neighborhoods. The research team included experts in community-based surveys, population and …
Chad Mirkin, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, was presented the G.M. Kosolapoff Award for outstanding scientific achievement for his work on vaccine design and his other advances in the science industry. The award is presented …
Gerald Gabrielse, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, writes his thoughts and perspectives on being a Christian and a physicist in his essay from Northwestern Magazine‘s “Voices.”
Professor Gabrielse’s essay explains how his …
The study, “Structural basis of long-range to short-range synaptic transition in NHEJ,” was published in the journal Nature on April 14, 2021. This research reveals new insight into how proteins work naturally to identify and resolve DNA double-strand …
Anna Maree Parkinson, professor in the Department of German, has been awarded a Kaplan Center for the Humanities Fellowship for 2021-2022.
The Kaplan Center for the Humanities Fellowship, a part of the Alice Kaplan Institute for the …
Professor kihana miraya ross, of the Department of African American Studies, has been awarded the Spencer Foundation Large Grant for her research project, “Wrestling with reparations: A historical and ethnographic study of a Black community’s struggle for educational …
Professor Magdalena Osburn of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences has been awarded an Early CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science …
Dyan Elliott, Peter B. Ritzma Professor of the Humanities and 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 …
Jennifer Lackey, the Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow.
The award will help support Lackey’s next book project, ‘Criminal Testimonial Injustice,’ which examines how testimonies are extracted and then used in the …
Professor Mesmin Destin of the Department of Psychology and the School of Education and Social Policy was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow.
With the fellowship, Destin will explore how communities and institutions can leverage multiple social forces and resources …