The 34th Annual Richard W. Leopold Lecture will be delivered by Ambassador Michael McFaul, who will discuss Great Power Competition in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Cold War for Dealing with China and Russia Today, on October 17, …
New study examines air quality, health implications at equity-relevant geographic scales
If the region surrounding Chicago — North America’s largest freight hub — shifted just 30% of its current on-road heavy-duty vehicles to electric versions, it would substantially reduce pollution …
Last year, Northwestern University researchers reported new observational evidence that long gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can result from the merger of a neutron star with another compact object (either
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Polyurethane plastics are ubiquitous, used everywhere from mattresses to shoes. But once these products are no longer wanted, these materials litter landfills and oceans across the world.
Now, a group of researchers at Northwestern University has developed a new recycling …
Over the past decade, much of the U.S. healthcare industry has begun omitting race when predicting and diagnosing disease, thought of as a way of reducing health disparities and curbing systemic racism in healthcare.
But should a patient’s race be …
Yuchen Liu has received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the foundation’s most prestigious honor for junior faculty members. “K-stability and moduli spaces of higher dimensional varieties” will bring exciting research and training …
Sociologist has applied network science to study crime, violence and policing
Sociologist Andrew Papachristos will become Northwestern University’s new director of the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) and the John G. Searle Professor of Sociology, effective Sept. 1. is the …
Please welcome the new faculty of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences for the academic year of 2023-2024!…
He is one of the world’s leading experts in the economics of education
Kirabo “Bo” Jackson, the Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy in Northwestern University’s Department of Economics and at the School of Education and Social …
Adia Benton was awarded the Anthropology in Media Award (AIME) from the American Anthropological Association.
Benton is an associate professor of Anthropology and African Studies at Northwestern University, where she is affiliated with the Science in Human Culture Program. She …