As of Oct. 3, the Supreme Court is back in session with a new slate of highly consequential cases on its docket. To better understand what is at stake, Northwestern Now spoke with faculty to learn what cases they are …
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 …
Northwestern Professor of history Kate Masur will discuss her recent book, Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction during the NU Faculty Live event on November 16, 2022.
The event will be held …
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 …
A team led by Northwestern researchers recently received a $5 million grant over five years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create strategies that will help mitigate the effects of climate change on the Great Lakes and its surrounding …
Over the last two decades, award-winning journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert has traveled the globe, peppered top scientists with thoughtful questions and scrutinized research and media reports in one enterprising, unrelenting quest: to get to the heart of the debate …
A national poll recently found that FDA-approved anti-viral therapies Paxlovid and Molnupiravir are not popular among Americans, despite their effectiveness against the COVID-19 virus.
According to the survey, only 11% of infected individuals had been prescribed with the antiviral therapy. …
Cody Keenan ’02 will discuss his recent book, GRACE: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America on September 27, 2022 at 3 pm during a virtual event. The event is presented by the Northwestern Alumni Association. …
The 33rd Annual Richard W. Leopold Lecture, delivered this year by author Elizabeth Kolbert who will discuss her book, Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future, on October 12, 2022 at 5pm CT at Cahn Auditorium at …
Northwestern professor of sociology Andrew Papachristos presents research on America’s gun violence epidemic and how network science can help us better understand it during the NU Faculty Live event on September 15, 2022. The event, titled “How Can Network and …