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Wen-fai Fong

Awards and Honors, Faculty, In the Media March 9, 2023

Wen-fai Fong named ‘Rising Star’ by Astronomy Magazine

Astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong, was recognized by Astronomy Magazine in their list, “Rising Stars in Astronomy.” Fong is assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern.

Fong is one of 25 early-career researchers recognized by Astronomy Magazine for …


Victor and his mother

Alumni and Students March 8, 2023

First-generation student Victor Rodriguez: “Chicago Field Studies is an opportunity to understand different professional communities and envision who I want to be”

“Reaching Your Dreams” series tells stories of Northwestern alums of Chicago Field Studies (CFS), an academic internship program that matches over 500 students every year with over 250 employer partners. CFS participants receive guidance on choosing internships based on their …


Mike Cloud

Awards and Honors, Faculty March 7, 2023

Mike Cloud receives inaugural Foundation for Contemporary Arts’ Richard Pousette-Dart Award

Associate Professor Mike Cloud, of the Art Theory and Practice Department, has been awarded the inaugural Richard Pousette-Dart Award by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA).

The award honors the legacy of artist Richard Pousette-Dart, a first-generation abstract expressionist …


William Paik

Alumni and Students, Podcasts and Videos March 6, 2023

William Paik ’20 shares insights on his Fulbright research and studying stand-up comedy in Seoul on the Waldron Career Conversation podcast

William Paik, ’20, has been using his Fulbright research scholarship to study and perform stand-up comedy in Seoul, South Korea, for the past five months. Paik previously performed in Chicago and has embraced the challenge of performing in Korea …


The Gabrielse group standing in the lab

Faculty, In the Media, Research March 2, 2023

Northwestern’s Center for Fundamental Physics achieves unprecedented accuracy in measurement of electron magnetism

The American Physical Society (APS) announced a new measurement of the electron’s magnetism – a discovery made by the Gabrielse Group in Northwestern’s Center for Fundamental Physics (CFP).

The CFP specialize in tabletop experiments that “investigate the particles, interactions, and …


Alina Junejo, William Paik, and Rachel Sarcevic-Tesanovic

Alumni and Students, Awards and Honors March 2, 2023

Northwestern Named Top Fulbright Producing Institution For 19th Year

Northwestern was recently named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution by the U.S. Department of State for the 19th consecutive year. This year, 20 students and alumni received Fulbright awards, which allow them to teach, study and conduct research around the …


The Weber Arch at Northwestern

Alumni and Students March 1, 2023

Arch Scholars Student Spotlight: Natalia Masnica

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Professor Todd Gingrich is pictured smiling in front of a purple background.

Awards and Honors, Faculty February 28, 2023

Chemist Todd Gingrich named 2023 Sloan Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Todd Gingrich has been recognized as a 2023 Sloan Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Gingrich is assistant professor of chemistry at Northwestern.

The renowned Sloan Research Fellowship Program recognizes and rewards outstanding early-career faculty who “have the …


Research February 27, 2023

Northwestern Chemists Design a New Photonic Lattice with Unprecedented Properties

Chemists from Northwestern University have developed a new photonic lattice with properties never before observed in nature. Solid materials require atoms to be spaced equally and close enough together to interact effectively, but the new architectures based on stacked lattices …


Professor George Schatz is pictured in front of a dark purple background.

Awards and Honors, Faculty February 27, 2023

Professor George Schatz receives inaugural Marsha I. Lester Award for Exemplary Impact in Physical Chemistry

Congratulations are in order: Professor George Schatz has been named the inaugural recipient of the Marsha I. Lester Award for Exemplary Impact in Physical Chemistry by the Physical Chemistry Division of the ACS.

Marsha I. Lester is the Christopher H. …


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