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 Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities promotes expansive, interdisciplinary discussion and debate. The Institute cultivates ideas that transform into cutting-edge research and dynamic courses. Each year the Institute invites students in The Graduate School to apply for the Franke …
The Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities promotes expansive, interdisciplinary discussion and debate. The Institute cultivates ideas that transform into cutting-edge research and dynamic courses. Each year the Institute invites faculty members working in the humanities and humanistic social sciences …
Sherwin K. Bryant, professor in the Departments of African American Studies and History, has been awarded a Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society fellowship for 2021-2022.
Bryant’s project is titled “Just across the river: Black histories of Brunswick County.”…
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 …
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 …
Parker Levinson, Class of 2018, has lately spent her time somewhere much colder than Evanston: the continent of Antarctica. A graduate of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Levinson has a degree in environmental science as well as African studies. …