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Northwestern researchers to study racial equity, STEM education, and school reform in Evanston

Northwestern University researchers received a five-year, $4.5M grant from the National Science Foundation to study racial equity, STEM education, and school reform in Evanston, Ill., a diverse suburb of Chicago. The project looks at the impact of the closure of a local elementary...

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Mathematician Ananth Shankar receives NSF CAREER award

Mathematician Ananth Shankar has received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the foundation’s most prestigious honor for junior faculty members. Shankar’s research is in number theory and arithmetic geometry, focusing mainly on Shimura...

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Space-based gravitational-wave detector is adopted by European Space Agency

Northwestern astrophysicist is member of international team working on new detector Gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space-time first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916 — have been directly detected here on Earth since September 2015. Now an international...

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Marcelo Vinces receives Daniel I. Linzer Award for Faculty Excellence in Diversity and Equity

Marcelo Vinces has received the 2024 Daniel I. Linzer Award for Faculty Excellence in Diversity and Equity. Given annually by Northwestern’s Office of the Provost, the award celebrates individuals or groups who work collectively to build a more diverse, inclusive, and...

Teri Odom, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry

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Teri Odom receives the 2024 SPIE Mozi Award

Teri W. Odom, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry, is the recipient of the 2024 SPIE Mozi Award for “significant contributions to the field of nanophotonics and to...

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Neuroscientist William Klein’s purpose and perseverance continues inspiring a new wave of efforts to combat Alzheimer’s disease

Battling Alzheimer’s disease has become William Klein’s life work – even if he never saw it coming. A progressive disease impacting memory, thinking, behavior, and other mental functions, Alzheimer’s affects an estimated 6.7 million Americans, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, and...

The Roman Space Telescope's simulated view over the Andromeda galaxy. Credit: NASA, NASA-GSFC, ASU, Robert Gendler DSS

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Dark matter: Astronomers anticipate upcoming images of the Andromeda galaxy may hold vital clues

Although dark matter makes up 27% of the universe, astronomers have been unable to observe it directly. Now, in a new study, an international team of researchers including Northwestern University astrophysicists has found that upcoming images from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman...

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Using data for social good: Faculty empower students to use data to uplift community organizations

Northwestern University is building students’ data literacy while providing unique experiential learning opportunities to drive social good. Launched in September 2021 and powered by funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Metropolitan Chicago Data-Science Corps (MCDC) empowers undergraduate students from...

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Shana Kelley named 2023 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)

Shana Kelley has been named 2023 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Kelley is the Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the McCormick School of Engineering, professor of biochemistry and molecular...

A view through the new miniaturized goggles, which can accurately simulate natural environments. Image by Dom Pinke

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Immersive VR goggles for mice unlock new potential for brain science

Goggles enabled researchers to study responses to overhead threats for first time Northwestern University researchers have developed new virtual reality (VR) goggles for mice. Besides just being cute, these miniature goggles provide more immersive experiences for mice living in laboratory settings. By...