Northwestern University’s department of African American Studies will officially change its name to the department of Black Studies.
The department hopes the new name better reflects the breadth of its scholarship and teaching, which encompasses the interdisciplinary study of the …
The soon-to-open Language Resource Center (LRC) at Northwestern University has its leaders and it’s a pair of seasoned language faculty Elena Lanza, associate professor of instruction in the department of Spanish and Portuguese, and Noriko Taira Yasohama, professor …
Over the last decade, Laura Brueck has been in perpetual motion.
Since arriving at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences in 2013 as an associate professor of South Asian literature and culture, Brueck has played an instrumental role …
Timothy Earle, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), according to the Academy’s announcement on May 2.
Earle is an economic anthropologist specializing in the evolution of complex societies, prehistoric …
Congratulations to the new cohort of Franke Graduate Fellows of the Kaplan Humanities Institute. These competitive residencies allow Franke Fellows to develop their research and teaching within the Kaplan Institute’s interdisciplinary community throughout 2023-2024.
Franke Graduate Fellowships, supported by …
Ben Gorvine is being honored with the 2023 University Teaching Award. The annual recognition is given to professors who demonstrate excellence and innovation in undergraduate teaching. Gorvine is a professor of instruction in the department of psychology in the Weinberg …
Krista Thompson has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Thompson is the Mary Jane Crowe Professor of Art History and affiliated faculty member in …
Truth be told, David Ngene, Jr. ’08 never intended to become a liberal arts student.
Upon enrolling at Northwestern in 2003, Ngene, a first-generation college student from Houston, set his sights on a degree in mechanical engineering. He envisioned engineering, …
Amy Stanley, the Wayne V. Jones II Research Professor of History at Northwestern, is being recognized with a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation recently announced.
Since its establishment in 1925, the Foundation aims to …
“Reaching Your Dreams” series tells stories of Northwestern alums of Chicago Field Studies (CFS), an academic internship program that matches over 500 students every year with over 250 employer partners. CFS participants receive guidance on choosing internships based on their …