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New survey shows 67% are concerned about the quality of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
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. Of 25,000 people surveyed in the...
Global Lunchbox Podcast hosts discussion on access, desire, and the future of the reading class featuring Professor Wendy Griswold
Sociologist and Professor Wendy Griswold discusses how English novels came to be, their accessibility, and their current status within countries of various incomes in this episode of the Global Lunchbox Podcast. Wendy Griswold is Professor of Sociology and Bergen Evans Professor...
Professor Nitasha Sharma discusses comparative race studies on Global Lunchbox Podcast
Professor Nitasha Sharma is known for her work in researching and comparing different societies and cultures. On this episode of Global Lunchbox Podcast, Sharma discusses these distinctions and their importance on the theme of "Conducting Comparative Race Studies: Black Studies,...
“Conversation with the Dean” lecture series featuring Professor Alvin B. Tillery, Jr.
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences’s “Conversation with the Dean” is a faculty speaker series designed to deliver insights into the cutting-edge research and teaching from faculty experts around the College. The series is offered live to Weinberg College leadership...
Poll from Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy looks at #BLM and the impact on voters’ behaviors and attitudes
Northwestern’s Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy conducted a survey experiment focused on how #BlackLivesMatter messages on police reform affected the behaviors and attitudes of Democratic-leaning voters in Georgia. The researchers, Department of Political Science Professor Alvin Tillery and...
National survey finds 75% are in favor of getting a COVID-19 vaccination
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. The consortium surveyed about 25,000 people...
Sociology Professor Andrew Papachristos, found that violence mostly involved a small fraction of gang “factions”
Sociology Professor Andrew Papachristos, who uses social network science to understand gun crimes, found that violence mostly involved a small fraction - just 6% - of the city’s gang “factions.” Continue reading about Professor Papachristors findings, in the Chicago Sun-Times article...
New study: Mu-Tau Neutrinos: Influencing Fast Flavor Conversions in Supernovae
The study "Mu-Tau Neutrinos: Influencing Fast Flavor Conversions in SupernovaeNorthwestern" conducted by a team of Northwestern researchers was published in the journal Physical Review Letters. Senior author Manibrata Sen, discusses the study in the story, "Three flavors are better than one —...
Study: “Persistence of flare-driven atmospheric chemistry on rocky habitable zone worlds” published in Nature Astronomy
The study, "Persistence of flare-driven atmospheric chemistry on rocky habitable zone worlds" was published on Dec. 21 in the journal Nature Astronomy. Northwestern’s Howard Chen, the study’s first author, and Professor Daniel Horton, the study’s senior author, discuss the study in...
Researchers conduct first study to use stable calcium and strontium isotopes to examine oceanic anoxic event
The study, "Stable Ca and Sr isotopes support volcanically triggered biocalcification crisis during Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a" was published in the journal Geology on Dec. 16. Jiuyuan Wang, is Ph.D. candidate and the first author of the study. Professors Andrew Jacobson, Bradley...
