New institute will study psychology of emerging adults, leading to innovative wellness programming for students at the University and beyond Northwestern University is launching the Institute for Adolescent Mental Health and Well-Being, an interdisciplinary initiative to research issues related to the...
Human language allows us to learn new words for things we’ve never witnessed directly. We do this seamlessly, for example, in conversations, using clues from the overall context to infer a new word’s meaning. But how early does this ability become...
The content and structure of her psychology classes promote belonging among all students Almaz Mesghina has received the 2025 Daniel I. Linzer Award for Faculty Excellence in Diversity and Equity. Mesghina will be honored at a reception later this winter. Given annually by...
Children as young as six months can flexibly recruit non-language sounds and bend them to their communicative needs A new study by developmental scientists at Northwestern University provides new insight into a hallmark of human communication: our flexibility to use nonlinguistic...
If you’ve ever experienced a dream while knowing that you were dreaming, you’ve had a lucid dream. As interest has grown in optimizing sleep for self-improvement and better health, so, too, has interest in lucid dreaming, which early evidence has...
“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 guidance on...
Experts have long pointed out the need for white parents to have conversations that directly address racism with their children to reduce racial bias. But many parents fail to have these crucial discussions. Psychology researchers at Northwestern University have published the...
Stephanie Fryberg, a renowned social and cultural psychologist, joins Northwestern University’s Department of Psychology and will be affiliated with the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) Professor Stephanie Fryberg has joined Northwestern’s Department of Psychology and will be affiliated...
Northwestern professor Dan McAdams developed the concept of narrative identity. A collection of his enterprising students pushed it in unexpected directions. Call it an epiphany. While completing his undergraduate studies in psychology and theater, Jonathan Adler read a paper penned by Northwestern...
Will leverage experience as a scholar of inequality to help develop a vision for enhanced engagement with first-generation and lower-income students at Northwestern Northwestern Provost Kathleen Hagerty has appointed Mesmin Destin, an associate professor in the School of Education and Social...
