The 2021 John Nicholas Brown Prize for best first book in medieval studies was unanimously awarded by the selection committee to Professor David I. Shyovitz for A Remembrance of His Wonders: Nature and the Supernatural in Medieval Ashkenaz.
Shyovitz is …
This episode of the Global Lunchbox podcast features a conversation with anthropologist Amanda Logan about her new book, The Scarcity Slot: Excavating Histories of Food Security in Ghana.
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences’s “Conversation with the Dean” is a faculty speaker series designed to deliver insights into the cutting-edge research and teaching from faculty experts around the College. The series is offered live to Weinberg College leadership …
The Chemistry of Life Processes Institute will host their third annual Biotech by the Lake Investor Summit on June 22, 2021. The theme of this year’s summit is Targeting Neurological Disorders. The online program will feature 17 academic, investment, …
Professor Sera Young, of Northwestern’s Department of Anthropology, details how important uncontaminated water is for mental and physical wellness. Young warns that if the water is contaminated, it can lead to severe illness, infertility, and brain damage.
According to Young, …
Jorge Coronado, Director of the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program and professor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese, has been named editor of Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas.
Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas …
Evan Mwangi, professor in the Department of English, has received a fellowship from the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). This fellowship entails teaching and developing a new curriculum in African literature at Machakos …
Douglas Gabriel ’19 was awarded a Getty/American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship in the History of Art for 2021. This fellowship supports an academic year of research and/or writing by early career scholars for a project that will make …
Three Northwestern scientists will explore the connection between art and science at different exhibits around Chicago from Friday, May 7 through Sunday, August 22. Daniel E. Horton, professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Aaron Packman…
Three doctoral students in Weinberg have been awarded the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship for 2021-2022. The recipients of this prestigious award are Ashley Dennis, Andrea Rosengarten, and Azadeh Safaeian.
This fellowship supports a year of research and writing to …