Each year, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Provost recognizes members of the College’s tenure-line and teaching-track faculty for excellence in teaching. Weinberg College in addition recognizes the contributions of outstanding graduate student teachers …
Over the last two decades, the Weinberg College-housed Program in Environmental Policy and Culture (EPC) at Northwestern has embraced the humanities and social sciences and cultivated a new generation of environmental stewards.
Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Fiona Lenth describes …
During the first half of the 20th century, many states passed labor laws in response to the influx of women into the modern workplace. The so-called protective labor laws enacted by U.S. states restricted women’s economic opportunities through maximum hours
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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
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Junta Nakai knows exactly how he got here.
Here, is his position as the global vice president at Databricks, a San Francisco-based data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) company. The globe’s sixth-largest startup, Databricks, was recently valued at …
Meet Russell Kahn, who graduated from Northwestern University in 2016.
What inspired you to pursue study in the American Studies Program?
During the Spring of my Freshman year at Northwestern I begged Professor Sarah McFarland Taylor to let me into …
Throughout its 50 years, Northwestern University’s American Studies Program has been a lively example of interdisciplinary study, intellectual curiosity, and scholarly camaraderie.
Carl Smith would love to cite some grand, elaborate plan behind the formation of Northwestern University’s American Studies …
A new study finds more than half of adults surveyed worldwide expect to be seriously harmed by their water within the next two years. Led by global health …
With Chicago and much of the Midwest facing what may be the hottest days of the summer this week, many are cranking up the …
Program provides $35,000 for graduate studies in the arts, humanities and social sciences
Abhi Nimmagadda, a third-year student at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a $35,000 Beinecke Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in South Asian Studies.…