Recipients of the annual staff recognition awards at Weinberg College were honored at a luncheon hosted by Dean Adrian Randolph on May 4. The winners were selected by the Weinberg Staff Advisory Board from a remarkable pool of nominees. Below …
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has identified the capturing and transportation of CO2 for either permanent storage or conversion into valuable products as a crucial national priority. This is seen as a necessary step to achieve the goal of reaching net-zero …
Over the last decade, Laura Brueck has been in perpetual motion.
Since arriving at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences in 2013 as an associate professor of South Asian literature and culture, Brueck has played an instrumental role …
In a new study, Northwestern University researchers exposed roundworms (a well-established model organism in biological research) to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a class of drugs used for treating depression and anxiety. To the surprise of the researchers, this treatment …
Professor of history Geraldo Cadava has been published in The New Yorker. Cadava’s op-ed, Florida’s Right Turn On Immigration, details the state’s stricter and stricter immigration legislation through the lens of an immigration attorney there.
“The past few …
Kevin Boyle, William Smith Mason Professor of American History at Northwestern, has been published in The Atlantic. Boyle’s op-ed, How Relatives Can Make Radicals, explores the influence of family members on radical extremism.
“The conventional wisdom about …
Teri W. Odom, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), according to the Academy’s announcement on May 2nd.
Odom …
Timothy Earle, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), according to the Academy’s announcement on May 2.
Earle is an economic anthropologist specializing in the evolution of complex societies, prehistoric …
Professor Richard B. Silverman, of the Department of Chemistry, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), according to the Academy’s announcement on May 2nd. Silverman is the Patrick G. Ryan/Aon Professor at Northwestern.
Silverman’s research is focused …
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch spoke at an April 19 event hosted by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies (WCCIAS) at Northwestern. The Center for International and Area Studies is Weinberg’s unified hub for interdisciplinary …