Cultural anthropologist Mary Weismantel’s book Playing with Things: Engaging the Moche Sex Pots (2021) was awarded the 2022 ALAA-Arvey Foundation Book Award for the best book in Latin American Art History.
Weismantel is professor and chair of the Department of …
Researchers at Northwestern have created a new synthetic cement that mimics glue found in underwater mollusks. Their study was published on March 3 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
According to Nathan Gianneschi, the Jacob & Rosaline …
Sleep and circadian rhythms were once seen as separate disciplines and were not nearly as connected as they are in the world of medicine today. In fact, Northwestern has been at the forefront of this groundbreaking research, according to Weinberg …
Northwestern Ambassador in Residence Ian Kelly joins The Global Lunchbox Podcast to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. In this episode, titled “Making Sense of the Ukraine/Russia Crisis,” Kelly provides insight on the intensifying situation based on his 33 year …
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Northwestern University experts break down the ongoing crisis.
According to Northwestern political scientist Jordan Gans-Morse, “We’ve awoken today to a new world order, one in which dictators again find it permissible …
Jorge Coronado, Professor of Latin American and Andean Literatures and Cultures, has been awarded a Berlin Prize by the American Academy in Berlin. The highly coveted fellowship is awarded annually to scholars, writers, composers, and artists from the …
Northwestern launched a digital exhibit, “Black Organizing in Pre-Civil War Illinois: Creating Community, Demanding Justice,” that is currently accessible through Penn State University’s Colored Conventions Project website.
The exhibit, led by Kate Masur, Northwestern professor and historian, highlights the …
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Northwestern professor Michelle N. Huang partnered with digital storyteller and producer CA Davis to create a film essay examining aspects of emerging technology alongside Asian American struggles over the course of history. The film, titled INHUMAN FIGURES: Robots, Clones, and …
Northwestern’s Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy launched a new business forum committed to discussing issues of diversity, equity and inclusion in international markets.
The program, spearheaded by political scientist and Northwestern professor Alvin B. Tillery Jr., …