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Anna Parkinson

Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research April 18, 2021

Professor Anna Maree Parkinson awarded 2021-2022 Kaplan Center for the Humanities Fellowship

Anna Maree Parkinson, professor in the Department of German, has been awarded a Kaplan Center for the Humanities Fellowship for 2021-2022.

The Kaplan Center for the Humanities Fellowship, a part of the Alice Kaplan Institute for the …


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Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research April 15, 2021

Professor kihana miraya ross awarded Spencer Foundation “Large Grant” for historical and ethnographic study of a Black community’s struggle for educational justice

Professor kihana miraya ross, of the Department of African American Studies, has been awarded the Spencer Foundation Large Grant for her research project, “Wrestling with reparations: A historical and ethnographic study of a Black community’s struggle for educational …


Parker Levinson

Alumni and Students, In the Media, Research April 15, 2021

Parker Levinson ’18 discusses Antarctica expeditions

Parker Levinson, Class of 2018, has lately spent her time somewhere much colder than Evanston: the continent of Antarctica. A graduate of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Levinson has a degree in environmental science as well as African studies. …


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Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research April 14, 2021

Professor Magdalena Osburn awarded an Early CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation

Professor Magdalena Osburn of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences has been awarded an Early CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science …


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Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research April 12, 2021

Professor Dyan Elliott receives research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Dyan Elliott, Peter B. Ritzma Professor of the Humanities and professor of history, has been awarded a prestigious research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The National Endowment for the Humanities promotes excellence in the …


Professor Jennifer Lackey

Awards and Honors, Faculty April 12, 2021

Professor Jennifer Lackey of the Department of Philosophy named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow

Jennifer Lackey, the Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow.

The award will help support Lackey’s next book project, ‘Criminal Testimonial Injustice,’ which examines how testimonies are extracted and then used in the …


Mesmin Destin

Awards and Honors, Faculty April 12, 2021

Professor Mesmin Destin of the Department of Psychology named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow

Professor Mesmin Destin of the Department of Psychology and the School of Education and Social Policy was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow.

With the fellowship, Destin will explore how communities and institutions can leverage multiple social forces and resources …


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Awards and Honors, Faculty April 12, 2021

Professor Vicky Kalogera of the Department of Physics and Astronomy named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow

Vicky Kalogera, the Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished University Professor of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA) was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow.

The Guggenheim Fellowship will …


John Rogers

Awards and Honors, Faculty April 12, 2021

Professor John A. Rogers named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow

Professor John A. Rogers was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow. Rogers is a professor of Chemistry and the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery at the McCormick School of …


Alexis Barber

Alumni and Students April 10, 2021

Alexis Barber ’20: Chicago Field Studies internships expanded Barber’s professional horizons and eventually led to her current position at Google

“Reaching Your Dream” series tells stories of Northwestern alums who found their dream careers thanks to Chicago Field Studies (CFS), an academic internship program that matches over 500 students every year with over 250 employer partners. CFS participants receive …


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