Vicky Kalogera, the Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished University Professor of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow.
The Guggenheim Fellowship will …
Professor John A. Rogers was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow. Rogers is a professor of Chemistry and the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery at the McCormick School of …
The study, “Robustness and plasticity in Drosophila heat avoidance,” was published in the journal of Nature Communications on April 6, 2021. This research finds that fruit flies may be better drivers than autonomous cars. This study is timely, …
The study, “Asymmetry underlies stability in power grids,” was published in the journal Nature Communications on March 5, 2021. This study, supported by Northwestern University’s Finite Earth Initiative, reveals that there are some benefits to diversity in …
Natasha Trethewey, Weinberg Board of Trustees Professor of English and renowned poet, received the 2021 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for her nonfiction work Memorial Drive.
Trethewey has previously been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Heinz Award for Arts …
The study “Birdsong fails to support object categorization in human infants” was published in PLOS ONE on March 11, 2021, in a collaboration between scientists in the departments of psychology at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and …
Professor Daniel E. Horton of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and members of his research group will present their findings at The Planetary Health Annual Meeting, during Planetary Health Week (April 25-30, 2021). The meeting aims to gather …
James Druckman, the Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science and Institute for Policy Research associate director is part of a university research consortium, comprising Northwestern, Harvard, Northeastern, and Rutgers, which investigated COVID-19 vaccine rates and attitudes among Americans.…
Amy Rosenzweig, the Weinberg Family Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences and Professor of Molecular Biosciences and Chemistry, has received the Hans Neurath Award from The Protein Society.
This award recognizes contributions of exceptional merit to basic protein …
Professor Wen-fai Fong of the Department of Physics and Astronomy 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 Foundation’s …