This May, Northwestern's Earth and Planetary Sciences department is hosting a workshop titled "Volcano & Rift Seismicity in the Northern Branches of The East African Rift System." The workshop, designed explicitly for early-career seismologists from different countries along the East-African...
Two Weinberg College faculty members from Northwestern University have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Bruce Carruthers and Suzan van der Lee are among the 250...
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...
Seismologist: ‘The activity is formidable, exciting and scary’ As seismic activity intensifies ahead of an impending eruption of a fissure near Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano, the island’s Reykjanes Peninsula is experiencing hundreds of earthquakes per day. Now, listeners can follow along through Northwestern...
Suzan van der Lee was honored with the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences during an investiture ceremony of endowed chairs on March 9. She conducts geophysics research and teaches geophysics and data science at...
