Two Northwestern postdoctoral fellows, Anna Yang and Luke Kelley, have been named 2021 Cottrell Scholars by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. Cottrell Fellowships aim to support the careers of early-career scientists who were losing opportunities to move into independent …
English Professor Reginald Gibbons will receive the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award, the organization’s highest honor, to celebrate his lifetime of achievements.
Gibbons’ prolific writing career has included the publication of ten full-length poetry collections, a short story …
Du Chai (Weinberg College ’94, Kellogg School of Management’01) has been named to the Board of Trustees at Northwestern University. He also serves on the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Board of Visitors.
Chai is a managing director at …
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ’11, ’13 has been named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow. These fellowships are awarded to individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.
Taylor is a historian and writer …
Weinberg College welcomes Assistant Professor of Instruction Almaz Mesghina to the Department of Psychology!
Mesghina recently answered a few questions about her research and the most fulfilling part of teaching. Mesghina uses insights from cognitive science to challenge our societal …
Professor Joel Mokyr, of the Department of Economics, was named a 2021 Citation Laureate™, for his studies of the history and culture of technological progress and its economic consequences.
Each year since 2002, analysts from the Institute for Scientific …
The following includes an excerpt from the Northwestern Now article about the Patrick and Shirley Ryan Family gift to Northwestern University. Read the full article here to learn more.
The Patrick G. ’59, ’09 H and Shirley W. Ryan ’61, …
Quantum computers are capable of solving large, complex problems beyond the capacity of today’s most powerful supercomputers, and new research tools are needed to advance the field.
As such, Professor Jens Koch, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, …
Three Weinberg College Alumni have been named Alumni Regents, who represent Northwestern in communities across the globe.
Alumni Regents exist in areas that are home to large alumni populations. They work to engage fellow alumni volunteers and represent the University …
Spearheaded by Professor Suzan van der Lee of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, the Metropolitan Chicago Data-science Corps (MCDC) has been established as an interdisciplinary corps. MCDC will assist a wide range of community-based groups in taking advantage …