Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
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Professor Jennifer Lackey of the Department of Philosophy named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow
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 criminal legal...
Professor Mesmin Destin of the Department of Psychology named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow
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 to support...
Professor Vicky Kalogera of the Department of Physics and Astronomy named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow
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 help support...
Professor John A. Rogers named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow
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 Engineering and...
A new study of fruit flies may help us rethink how we teach self-driving cars to make decisions
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, as a...
Study: “Asymmetry underlies stability in power grids”
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 the power grid....
Two-time U.S. Poet Laureate, Professor Trethewey, receives Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for “Memorial Drive”
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 and Humanities, 2020...
Study: “Birdsong fails to support object categorization in human infants”
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 communication sciences...
Professor Daniel Horton and research team to present connections to human health and climate at Planetary Health Annual Meeting
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...
Survey shows disparities in vaccine rates and attitudes among Americans
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. The consortium's...
