The Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities promotes expansive, interdisciplinary discussion and debate. The Institute cultivates ideas that transform into cutting-edge research and dynamic courses. Each year the Institute invites faculty members working in the humanities and humanistic social sciences...
Professor Thomas McDade, the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. McDade is also director of the Laboratory for Human Biology Research and Director of Cells to Society (C2S): The Center on...
Professor Thomas McDade has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. McDade is the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Anthropology at Weinberg College, director of the Laboratory for...
Mónica Russel y Rodríguez, Assistant Provost in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, offered insight in a recent article in Diverse Issues in Higher Education. The article discusses the rise in social activism on campuses across the country and how...
An interdisciplinary research team led by anthropology Professor Thomas McDade of Northwestern University launched a sizeable community-based study in June 2020 called SCAN: Screening for Coronavirus Antibodies in Neighborhoods. The research team included experts in community-based surveys, population and public...
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...
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 at...
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 Antibodies in...
Professor Robert Launay discusses despotism, religion, philosophy, and identification in his analytical work Savages, Romans and Despots in this episode of the Global Lunchbox Podcast. He dives into certain historical belief systems, prominent figures, and important events to examine their...
Several members of the anthropology department and the program in global health studies, past and present, have contributed to a special issue of the American Journal of Human Biology on the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes 14 commentaries by leading scholars in the field. Professor...
