Laura Hein will be honored with this year’s Provost Award for Exemplary Service. She is the Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Professor of History at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
Given annually by Northwestern’s Office of the Provost, …
Denise Bouras has been named a 2023 recipient of the The Alumnae of Northwestern University’s Award for Curriculum Innovation. Bouras is an associate professor of instruction in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Spanish and Portuguese. …
New Ian Sanders Chair of History will teach Sanders Seminar starting this fall
As a Northwestern undergraduate, Ian Sanders ’91 relished the intimate seminars he took with history professors like Lacey Baldwin Smith, Peter Hayes, and Karen Halttunen at the …
Patricia Beddows speaks of scuba diving with an undeniable enthusiasm. She smiles when detailing the joys of being underwater. Her eyes gleam when she talks about democratizing underwater scientific research. Her energy rises when discussing the “complex and challenging” natural …
Northwestern University researchers have developed a new model to help seismologists better predict when the next big earthquake will occur on a fault. The study, conducted by a team of seismologists and statisticians, aims to address the major problem of …
Northwestern University researchers have developed a groundbreaking new technology that could revolutionize the field of bioelectronics. A transdisciplinary team of scientists from the university have created an electrochemical transistor that is lightweight, flexible, and high-performance.
This new device is compatible …
Two teams of geoscientists from Northwestern University have uncovered new findings on the chronology and character of events that led to an extreme environmental disruption that occurred nearly 100 million years ago. This event, known as the Ocean Anoxic Event …
Northwestern University is celebrating a decade-long partnership with the Posse Foundation’s Los Angeles chapter, which brings a new cohort of Southern California-based students to the university each year. The program is a prime example of the success that Posse has …
Northwestern University researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of medical research by creating the first highly mature neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The achievement opens up new opportunities for potential transplantation therapies for neurodegenerative …
A team of scientists led by Northwestern University has taken the next step in the evolution of electric motors by creating a motor that is not visible to the naked eye. This groundbreaking research has resulted in the development of …