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Faheem Tapia

Alumni and Students March 7, 2021

’18 Alum and Deloitte consultant, Faheem Tapia, credits much of his success to Chicago Field Studies

“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 …


abstract graphic of horizontal lines used for Great Math Challenges in Biology Contest 2020

Alumni and Students, Awards and Honors March 6, 2021

Mathematics PhD candidates win the The NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology’s “Great Math Challenge in Biology Contest”

The Great Math Challenge in Biology Contest, sponsored by the NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology, the Department of Molecular Biosciences, and the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, asked contestants to take a real-world problem in biology and propose a …


Alexandra Rone Lang

Alumni and Students March 5, 2021

Alexandra Rone Lang ’21 wins The Elie Wiesel Foundation Prize in Ethics Essay Contest

Alexandra Rone Lang ’21, a Northwestern University philosophy major, won first prize in the 2020 Prize in Ethics Essay Contest presented by The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, LRN Corporation and LRN Founder and Chairman Dov Seidman.

Lang’s winning essay …


Cody Gronewold

Alumni and Students March 5, 2021

Cody Gronewold ’21 discovers a dream career through a Chicago Field Studies internship at Goldman Sachs

“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 …


Erwin Goldberg

Faculty, Research March 5, 2021

Professor Emeritus Erwin Goldberg discusses his research and shares who inspired him the most in his career development

Professor Emeritus Erwin Goldberg of the Department of Molecular Biosciences discusses his research and career development in an interview in the journal Biology of Reproduction (March 2021).

In the interview, Goldberg describes the impetus for going into the field …


Amy Stanley and cover of book Stranger in Shogun's City

Bookshelf, Faculty, Research March 2, 2021

Professor Amy Stanley’s book “Stranger in the Shogun’s City” wins National Book Critics Circle Award and PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award

History Professor Amy Stanley’s, new book, Stranger in the Shogun’s City (Scribner, 2020) won the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. Stanely is also the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography and a finalist for …


Julia Kalow stands in front of the Northwestern arch

Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research March 2, 2021

Professor Julia Kalow named a 2021 Sloan Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Professor Julia Kalow of the Department of Chemistry is named a 2021 Sloan Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

The Sloan Research Fellowship is described below on the Sloan Foundation website:

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation congratulates the winners

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Xiumin Du and Ilya Khayutin

Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research March 2, 2021

Professors Xiumin Du and Ilya Khayutin named 2021 Sloan Fellows of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Professors Xiumin Du and Ilya Khayutin of the Department of Mathematics have been named 2021 Sloan Fellows of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

The Sloan Research Fellowship is described below on the Sloan Foundation website:

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

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Awards and Honors, Faculty March 1, 2021

Professor Patricia Marechal awarded Provost Faculty Grant

Professor Patricia Marechal, of the Department of Classics and Department of Philosophy, has been awarded the Provost Faculty Grant for Research in Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts for her project.

“Labors Not Lost. Midwifes, Craftswomen, and Sages: Recovering …


Sarah Maza

Awards and Honors, Faculty March 1, 2021

Professor Sarah Maza awarded the William Koren, Jr. Prize from the Society for French Historical Studies

Sarah Maza, the Jane Long Professor in the Arts and Sciences and Professor of History, recently received the William Koren, Jr. Prize from the Society for French Historical Studies.

This prize is awarded to the most outstanding …


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