Weinberg College welcomes Assistant Professor Charlayne Mitchell to the Program in Global Health Studies! Mitchell recently offered insight into her background, research, and what inspired her to pursue her current area of study.
Where are you from? Where did you …
A new permanent exhibition in Chicago’s Field Museum features the history of the state’s Native Americans and reminds visitors they walk on Native land, the traditional homeland of Chicago’s original inhabitants.
The exhibition, titled “Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories,” …
A team of Northwestern undergraduate researchers will conduct a yearlong study on the City of Evanston’s reparations ordinance. Their study aims to better understand how the public has reacted to the ordinance and its effect on race relations. The effects …
Constance Wright, Weinberg College’s Assistant Dean of Academic Standing, was recently named as a fellow of the Chicago Urban League, a group dedicated to enhancing the lives of the City’s citizens. Established in 1916, Chicago Urban League aimed to …
Mary Pattillo, the Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of African American Studies, will be awarded the Commitment to Justice Award by the Collaboration for Justice of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and the …
Assistant Professor Nina Wieda with Northwestern’s Chicago Field Studies recently published an op-ed discussing the issues first-generation students face in universities.
Along with the standard pressures of attending college, many first-generation students face additional stress factors including cultural differences, career …
In 2021, Northwestern launched the Racial Equity and Community Partnership grants program, a set of grants focused on supporting ideas that work toward making our communities more equitable.
“Our first year of grant-funded projects is already making a positive …
Associate Professor Sylvia Perry of the psychology department at Northwestern University, was named a fellow by the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS).
According to the CASBS website:
Fellows represent the core social and behavioral sciences …
A recent study found that Black medical students who attended historically Black medical schools (HBCUs) report a greater sense of belonging and greater confidence in their academic abilities than those in predominantly white medical schools (PWIs). To conduct the study, …
Diversity isn’t what it used be.
According to Alvin Tillery, Jr., the founding director of Northwestern University’s Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy (CSDD), “diversity” has become increasingly complex, nuanced, broader, and more contested.
Over the …