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Older man getting vaccinated

COVID-19 Research, Faculty, Research March 29, 2021

Survey shows disparities in vaccine rates and attitudes among Americans

James Druckman, the Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science and Institute for Policy Research associate director is part of a university research consortium, comprising Northwestern, Harvard, Northeastern, and Rutgers, which investigated COVID-19 vaccine rates and attitudes among Americans.…


Amy Rosenzweig

Awards and Honors, Faculty March 29, 2021

Professor Amy Rosenzweig receives the Hans Neurath Award from The Protein Society

Amy Rosenzweig, the Weinberg Family Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences and Professor of Molecular Biosciences and Chemistry, has received the Hans Neurath Award from The Protein Society.

This award recognizes contributions of exceptional merit to basic protein …


Wen-fai Fong

Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research March 29, 2021

Professor Wen-fai Fong awarded an Early CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation

Professor Wen-fai Fong of the Department of Physics and Astronomy 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 Foundation’s …


Doctor being receiving a COVID-19 vaccination

COVID-19 Research, Faculty, Research March 26, 2021

Survey shows declining hesitancy to vaccinate among health care workers

James Druckman, the Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science and Institute for Policy Research associate director is part of a university research consortium, comprising Northwestern, Harvard, Northeastern, and Rutgers. This consortium is leading an ongoing national survey of …


Professor Sera Young and Dean Adrian Randolph photo

Faculty, Podcasts and Videos, Research March 25, 2021

“Conversation with the Dean” lecture series featuring Professor Sera Young

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 …


Photo of Maryland Governor talking to constituents and contemporaries

COVID-19 Research, Faculty, Research March 24, 2021

Survey shows partisan divide along governor approval ratings

James Druckman, the Payson S. Wild Professor of Political Science and Institute for Policy Research associate director is part of a university research consortium, comprising Northwestern, Harvard, Northeastern, and Rutgers. This consortium is leading an ongoing national survey of …


Kate Masur

Bookshelf, Faculty March 22, 2021

Professor Kate Masur’s book, “Until Justice Be Done,” examines the first civil rights movement in the early days of the republic

History Professor Kate Masur’s new book, Until Justice Be Done, is a groundbreaking examination of the movement for equal rights in the decades preceding the Civil War.

From The Wall Street Journal:

Disheartening as it is to read

…


Up close photo of a microchip

Faculty, Research March 20, 2021

Researchers find way to create smaller microchips

A collaboration between researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Virginia addressed the hurdle of managing the increased heat generated as microchips become smaller. The study, “Thermally conductive ultra-low-k dielectric layers based on two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks” …


Person using a fingerstick to collect their blood

COVID-19 Research, Faculty, Research March 20, 2021

Minimally invasive antibody blood test for COVID-19 that can be self-collected at home

Northwestern University scientists have developed an antibody blood test that is minimally invasive and can be self-collected at home.

Professor Thomas McDade of the Department of Anthropology at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and professor of medical social sciences …


Thomas McDade

COVID-19 Research, Faculty, In the Media, Podcasts and Videos March 15, 2021

Global Lunchbox Podcast featuring Professor Thomas McDade: “Coronavirus antibodies: Who has them and what does it mean?”

Northwestern Professor Thomas McDade discusses his COVID-19 research on coronavirus antibodies on the Global Lunchbox Podcast episode, “Coronavirus antibodies: Who has them and what does it mean?” McDade launched a large community-based study called SCAN: Screening for Coronavirus …


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