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Faculty, Research August 4, 2020

Northwestern economist Piotr Dworczak offers perspective on markets and inequality

The study “Redistribution Through Markets” was recently published in the journal Econometrica. This research reveals that free markets are optimal under some circumstances – but at other times price controls can be a better solution, especially when …


Faculty August 4, 2020

Professor Janice Radway discusses the Gender & Sexuality Studies Program and its influence

In 1975 Northwestern founded the Women’s Studies Program. This program was in response to questions pertaining to the tenure of female professors, comparison of salaries between male and female professors, and how to best support graduate students who still wanted …


Alvin Tillery

Faculty, Research August 3, 2020

Professor Alvin Tillery developed a program enabling leaders to strengthen diversity within their workforce

In an effort to go beyond the “diversity, equity, and inclusion box check,” Dr. Alvin Tillery has created a “Leading Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” course which incorporates his findings from over 30 years of work in the field.

“A lot

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Professor Adia Benton and Dean Adrian Randolph

Faculty, Podcasts and Videos, Research July 16, 2020

“Conversation with the Dean” lecture series featuring Professor Adia Benton

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 …


Professor Martin Eichenbaum and Dean Adrian Randolph

Faculty, Podcasts and Videos, Research July 16, 2020

“Conversation with the Dean” lecture series featuring Professor Martin Eichenbaum

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 …


Bookshelf, Faculty, Research July 7, 2020

Professor Geraldo Cadava discusses new book: “The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, From Nixon to Trump”

Department of History Professor Geraldo Cadava discusses his book, The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, From Nixon to Trump (Ecco, May 2020) in the Northwestern Now story: ‘Latinos aren’t naturally liberal or conservative’ 

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COVID-19 Research, Faculty, Research June 26, 2020

National surveys find that COVID-19 magnifies racial disparities in healthcare

According to the Chicago Department of Public Health, there has been a statistically larger amount of Latinx and African American Chicago residents who have contracted or died from COVID-19 than white residents.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot made a point …


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Awards and Honors, Faculty June 26, 2020

Professor Teri Odom receives 2020 Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry

Teri Odom, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry and Department of Chemistry chair in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, has received the 2020 Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

This prestigious …


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Awards and Honors, Faculty June 15, 2020

Professor Shelby Blythe named 2020 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

Shelby Blythe, professor of molecular biosciences in Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, was named a 2020 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Professor Blythe is one of 22 scholars selected to receive …


dollar bills and coins

Faculty, Research June 10, 2020

Study: “A Penny on the Dollar: Racial Inequalities in Wealth among Households with Children”

The study, “A Penny on the Dollar: Racial Inequalities in Wealth Among Households with Children,” by Professor Christine Percheski of the Department of Sociology and Christina Gibson-Davis of Duke University, was published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World…


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