An international team of researchers that includes Professor Vicky Kalogera, the principal investigator of Northwestern’s LSC group, director of CIERA and the Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, has released the largest-ever catalog of gravitational-wave events.
The …
Wayne Valliere, an artist-in-residence at the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) at Northwestern, is one of only a handful of Native birchbark canoe builders remaining in the U.S.
Valliere, whose native name is Mino-Giizhig, which …
Professor Laurel Harbridge-Yong, of the Department of Political Science, spoke with the Institute for Policy Research to discuss the current state of bipartisanship in Congress.
You can read the full interview at the here..
Below is an excerpt …
Delegates from Northwestern, including two from Weinberg College, will be at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow over the next two weeks. The faculty and student participants will join nearly 200 world leaders …
The ASAP Collaborative Research Network, a program of the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative being implemented through The Michael J. Fox Foundation, has awarded $8.9 million for the three-year study, “Redefining Parkinson’s disease pathophysiology mechanisms in the context of …
Northwestern University Chemists Sir Fraser Stoddart and Omar Farha have made a breakthrough in surface science by introducing a new active mechanism of adsorption. Such adsorption-based phenomena, in which molecules are attracted onto a solid surface, are essential for today’s …
In a recent survey, Professor James Druckman, of the Department of Political Science, found that while 29% of Americans are still unvaccinated, nearly two-thirds of this group are concerned enough about the spread of COVID-19 to regularly wear a …
Professor Ken Paller, of the Department of Psychology, found in a new study that learning a novel physical action can be enhanced during sleep.
These findings suggest that the rehabilitation of stroke survivors and people with neurological disorders can …
Assistant Professor Wen-fai Fong, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has received the prestigious 2021 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
The foundation named Fong and 19 others as the nation’s …
Even before COVID, childcare was a challenge, but the pandemic’s swift economic plunge has only made it worse.
However, two Weinberg College faculty members are working to improve childcare, narrow childhood disparities, and improve the overall wellbeing of America’s children, …