Professor Shana Kelley was recently named a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Kelley is the Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, with appointments in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and …
Cristina Lafont, the Harold H. and Virginia Anderson Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern, has received the 2022 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize for Philosophical Achievement and Contribution. This prize, awarded to two academics with …
Department of Art Theory and Practice alumnus Angelo Madsen Minax has been awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship. Minax received his MFA from Northwestern in 2012.
Minax is a multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker, with projects that draw on auto-ethnography to …
Northwestern has founded a research institute, called the Cell-Free Bio-manufacturing Institute, in partnership with the U.S. Army that will advance development in synthetic biology technologies. The facility will focus on designing products for public use and help new engineers develop …
Researchers at Northwestern have discovered a trait in roundworms that prevents errors in cell division, possibly leading to techniques that can treat infertility in humans. The study, led by associate professor of molecular biosciences Sadie Wignall, was published on …
During the summer of 2020, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot removed a statue of Christopher Columbus in Grant Park due to protests in the area. This was met with controversy, and led to debates about monuments of historical figures and their …
A team of Northwestern researchers has discovered elements of methanotrophic bacteria that are critical in the chemical reaction that converts greenhouse gases into fuel. The research primarily centered around creating groundbreaking technology that is able to convert methane gas into …
Northwestern professor and political scientist Jordan Gans-Morse recently published an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune regarding the amount of aid the West contributes to the crisis in Ukraine. In the article, Gans-Morse and his co-author Ian Kelly argue that Ukraine’s …
A recent study found that middle school students had greater awareness of their racial identities from 2014 to 2016, during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement. The study, published by Onnie Rogers, assistant professor of psychology and …
As the war in Ukraine continues, professor and political scientist Karen Alter questions why the Chinese government has been unusually silent regarding the conflict.
Alter is the Norman Dwight Harris Professor of International Relations and Professor of Political Science at …