Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Research
Biotech by the Lake 2021 Investor Summit
The Chemistry of Life Processes Institute will host their third annual Biotech by the Lake Investor Summit on June 22, 2021. The theme of this year's summit is Targeting Neurological Disorders. The online program will feature 17 academic, investment, and...
Professor Sera Young’s research aims to democratize water testing to save millions from drinking unsafe water and prevent future illnesses
Professor Sera Young, of Northwestern’s Department of Anthropology, details how important uncontaminated water is for mental and physical wellness. Young warns that if the water is contaminated, it can lead to severe illness, infertility, and brain damage. According to Young, both tap and...
Professor Evan Mwangi receives Development of Social Science Research in Africa Fellowship
Evan Mwangi, professor in the Department of English, has received a fellowship from the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). This fellowship entails teaching and developing a new curriculum in African literature at Machakos University...
Douglas Gabriel ’19 awarded Getty Foundation and ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Art History
Douglas Gabriel '19 was awarded a Getty/American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship in the History of Art for 2021. This fellowship supports an academic year of research and/or writing by early career scholars for a project that will make...
Three Weinberg Ph.D. candidates win prestigious dissertation fellowship
Three doctoral students in Weinberg have been awarded the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship for 2021-2022. The recipients of this prestigious award are Ashley Dennis, Andrea Rosengarten, and Azadeh Safaeian. This fellowship supports a year of research and writing to help advanced...
Northwestern led international team reevaluates what is possible within our universe
The study, "A cool and inflated progenitor candidate for the Type Ib supernova 2019yvr at 2.6 yr before explosion," was published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on May 5th, 2021. This international research team was led by...
Professors and students share thoughts on cause of divisiveness in the United States
Professors and students were asked the question, "What has led to the current divisiveness within the United States, and how has that impacted civility and the ability to compromise?" James Druckman '93, Payson S. Wild Professor in the Department of Political...
Professor Kelly Wisecup received two prestigious awards for her research
Dr. Kelly Wisecup, professor in the Department of English and an affiliate of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, has received the 2021-2022 Newberry Consortium in American Indian and Indigenous Studies (NCAIS) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation...
Two students awarded 2021 Barry Goldwater Scholarship
Madelyn Moy and Andrew Laeuger have been awarded the 2021 Barry Goldwater Scholarship. This scholarship gives funds to students intending to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Out of 5,000 college sophomores and juniors, Moy and...
Survey reveals importance of talking about racism with White 8–12 year olds when Black children start to experience it
A new survey reveals the importance of talking about racism with White 8–12-year-olds when Black children start to experience it. Professor of psychology Sylvia Perry and Jamie Abaied of the University of Vermont conducted this survey to understand the extent...
