Northwestern junior Ji Hye Choi recently received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship for her work in prison education and civic engagement. Truman scholars around the country are awarded up to $30,000 to “recognize their commitments to careers in public service.”...
Northwestern junior Abigail Roston has been given the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a $30,000 award that supports graduate education for outstanding students dedicated to public service. Roston has a passion for criminal justice reform and hopes to remake the system...
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...
Sociology Professor Andrew Papachristos, who uses social network science to understand gun crimes, found that violence mostly involved a small fraction - just 6% - of the city’s gang “factions.” Continue reading about Professor Papachristors findings, in the Chicago Sun-Times article...
Through a continuous national survey about Americans' attitudes towards Covid-19, 69% of citizens say they are not confident in school districts to reopen safely in the midst of the pandemic, with only 10% saying returning to school is "very safe."...
Having the first African American woman in history on the 2020 Presidential Ballot could change the game among voters, according to Northwestern Professor Alvin Tillery. Kamala Harris, a female and African-American Democrat from California, has made her platform known as a...
Researchers from Northwestern University have been investigating the effects of electric vehicles (EVs) on the United States economy and population. The research team found that if EVs replaced 25% of combustion-engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save...
