Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Research
Study: “The irritant receptor TRPA1 mediates the mosquito repellent effect of catnip”
The study "The irritant receptor TRPA1 mediates the mosquito repellent effect of catnip" was published in the journal Current Biology on March 4. Professor Marco Gallio of the Department of Neurobiology discusses this collaborative research from Northwestern University and Lund University...
Professor Emeritus Erwin Goldberg discusses his research and shares who inspired him the most in his career development
Professor Emeritus Erwin Goldberg of the Department of Molecular Biosciences discusses his research and career development in an interview in the journal Biology of Reproduction (March 2021). In the interview, Goldberg describes the impetus for going into the field of Reproductive...
Professor Amy Stanley’s book “Stranger in the Shogun’s City” wins National Book Critics Circle Award and PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award
History Professor Amy Stanley's, new book, Stranger in the Shogun's City (Scribner, 2020) won the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. Stanely is also the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography and a finalist for The Pulitzer...
Professor Julia Kalow named a 2021 Sloan Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Professor Julia Kalow of the Department of Chemistry is named a 2021 Sloan Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Sloan Research Fellowship is described below on the Sloan Foundation website: The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation congratulates the winners of the...
Professors Xiumin Du and Ilya Khayutin named 2021 Sloan Fellows of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Professors Xiumin Du and Ilya Khayutin of the Department of Mathematics have been named 2021 Sloan Fellows of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Sloan Research Fellowship is described below on the Sloan Foundation website: The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation congratulates the winners...
Professor Danna Freedman presented her research at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Professor Danna Freedman of the Department of Chemistry presented her research at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Freedman shared her research and insights on quantum chemistry’s ability to unlock access to molecules and...
Study: “Real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM sleep”
The study “Real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM sleep” was published in Current Biology on February 18. Professor Ken Paller, of the Department of Psychology and director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Program, was senior author of the study showed...
National survey finds inequities in vaccination rates
James Druckman the Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science and Institute for Policy Research associate director is part of a university research consortium, which includes Northwestern, Harvard, Northeastern, and Rutgers, investigating attitudes on COVID-19. A new national survey showed that...
Study: “Potential for Electric Vehicle Adoption to Mitigate Extreme Air Quality Events in China”
Professor Daniel Horton, of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Jordan Schnell discuss their new study, "Potential for Electric Vehicle Adoption to Mitigate Extreme Air Quality Events in China," published in the journal Earth's Future. The study looks at...
Professors Bryna Kra and Jared Wunsch named 2021 Simons Fellows
Department of Mathematics professors, Bryna Kra and Jared Wunsch have both been awarded the Simons Fellowship in Mathematics from the Simons Foundation for 2021. The Simons Fellowship is described below on the Simons Foundation website: The Simons Foundation congratulates the outstanding mathematicians and...
