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Global Health Studies students standing in front of a building

Alumni and Students, Faculty, Research March 21, 2024

Celebrating 20 Years of Global Health Studies: Fostering leaders dedicated to addressing health inequities across the world

Since its 2004 launch, the innovative Program in Global Health Studies has addressed students’ rising interest in creating meaningful change in the world with a diverse array of courses, faculty, and experiences.

Right away, William Leonard knew Northwestern University was …


Charlayne Mitchell

Faculty, Meet our Faculty March 20, 2024

Meet Assistant Professor of Instruction Charlayne Mitchell of the Program in Global Health Studies

Meet Charlayne Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Program in Global Health Studies at Northwestern University, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

Where are you from? Where did you study?
I am southern-grown. I was born …


Men extract water from a well at the village of El Gel, near the town of K'elafo, Ethiopia. Getty Images

Faculty March 20, 2024

An estimated 1.2 billion people experienced water insecurity in the prior year

Results of a global poll on water experiences will be made public on World Water Day 

As populations around the world grapple with water security challenges that threaten lives, livelihoods and political stability, this year’s World Water Day on March …


Alda Benjamen and her book, "Assyrians in Modern Iraq: Negotiating Political and Cultural Space"

Bookshelf, Events March 15, 2024

James Lecture: Scholar Alda Benjamen to discuss how Assyrians gained agency in an often-overlooked period of modern Iraqi history

In her April 10 event at the Guild Lounge, Benjamen will discuss how Assyrians, long marginalized and minoritized in Iraq, gained agency in an often-overlooked period of modern Iraqi history.

Spanning thousands of years, the history of the Assyrian people …


Deborah Cohen

Awards and Honors, Faculty March 14, 2024

Deborah Cohen named executive director of Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

Scholar of European and global history has served as interim director since January, launching several new programs for faculty and students

Deborah Cohen, the Richard W. Leopold Professor of History in Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, has …


The first-floor event space and lounge can be opened up to an outdoor terrace overlooking Deering Meadow that will provide ample room for students to gather. Rendering courtesy of William Rawn Associates and Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects

Alumni and Students, Faculty March 7, 2024

Northwestern receives $10 million gift to foster collaboration in social sciences and global studies research

Commitment from alumni Steve and Tracy Cahillane will help transform the Jacobs Center into a hub for learning as well as student engagement

Northwestern University Trustee Steven A. Cahillane ’87 and Tracy Tappan Cahillane ’88 (’17, ’19 P) have made …


Left to right: Ella Bartt, ’23, Robinson Markus ’19, and Sophi Pennex ’23

Alumni and Students February 29, 2024

Fulbright students: Students and alumni cross the globe to pursue graduate study, conduct research and teach English

Northwestern has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution by the U.S. Department of State for the 20th consecutive year. Thirty Northwestern students and alumni received Fulbright awards for the 2023-2024 academic year, allowing them to teach, study and research …


Daniel Kim

Alumni and Students February 28, 2024

Daniel Kim ’20 discovers a career inspired by his life experiences through Northwestern’s Chicago Field Studies

“Reaching Your Dream” series tells stories of Northwestern alums who found their dream careers thanks to Chicago Field Studies (CFS), an academic internship program that matches over 500 students every year with over 250 employer partners. CFS participants receive …


Students spend every Friday afternoon, rain, snow or sunshine, manually measuring sap from selected trees and eventually lugging sap in a gallon jug to their dorms in hopes they’ve produced enough to boil down into syrup. Photo by Elisa Huang

Alumni and Students, Faculty, Research February 28, 2024

Maple Syrup and climate change: Students learn about the syrup industry and its impact on the environment, and Native American and non-Native communities

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 …


The researchers created a discussion guide that would support parents to have “color conscious” conversations with their children that would explicitly acknowledge the existence and history of racism, and its continued presence.

Faculty, Research February 26, 2024

New study: When parents talk about racism with their children, negative biases toward Black people are reduce in both parent and child

Experts have long pointed out the need for white parents to have conversations that directly address racism with their children to reduce racial bias. But many parents fail to have these crucial discussions.

Psychology researchers at Northwestern University have published …


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