Culture

Scientists look to create a clearer picture of what happens when you combine climate change with urban environments Climate change could have an impact on an important part of the day — breakfast. As a result of fewer trees, reduced tree health...

Stephanie Fryberg, a renowned social and cultural psychologist, joins Northwestern University’s Department of Psychology and will be affiliated with the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) Professor Stephanie Fryberg has joined Northwestern’s Department of Psychology and will be affiliated...

Guest author and Northwestern University student Peter Orsak gives an in-depth view of an inspiring course he took and shares insights from fellow students who also participated. Since August 2022, over 35,000 asylum seekers have been transported from the US southern...

Northwestern University’s department of African American Studies will officially change its name to the department of Black Studies. The department hopes the new name better reflects the breadth of its scholarship and teaching, which encompasses the interdisciplinary study of the formations...

In this article by Christine Helmer, Professor of German and Religious Studies, she shares how Davóne Tines’s MASS inspired her Introduction to Christianity course. Helmer explains how his performance interweaves culture, music, theology, history, and politics, and communicates "new possibilities of...

Mary Pattillo, Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of African American Studies, has been listed as one of Better magazine’s 2023 Top 10 of Chicago’s Black Women of Impact. The list celebrates women who “have risen to...

Visiting professor of Northwestern’s Environmental Policy and Culture program Wil Burns was recently featured on WBUR’s Here and Now podcast, where he discussed the implications of the United States’ newest climate bill. Prior to 2021, Burns was a Professor of Research...

As extremist rhetoric and violence in America increases, journalists have continually turned to Kathleen Belew, an Associate Professor of history at Northwestern, who has studied and written extensively on this threat to democracy. She spent ten years researching and writing her...

A new study revealed that depolarization initiatives do not affect anti-democratic attitudes. The Strengthening Democracy Project, a team of social scientists from Northwestern and three other universities, surveyed 8,000 partisans who were randomly assigned to interventions designed to reduce affective...

The Environmental Policy & Culture Program at Northwestern University is launching a new webinar series  titled "Scrubbing the Skies." The series addresses the need for not only reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, but also explores technologies that can significantly take...