Northwestern University

The Office of Undergraduate Research recognized six undergraduate students and two faculty members during the Fletcher Awards ceremony on Dec. 2 in Evanston.The $250 prize, funded by the Fletcher Family Foundation, honors outstanding…

The King Faisal Foundation has awarded Northwestern University professor Chad A. Mirkin the 2023 King Faisal Prize (KFP) in Medicine and Science for his work in chemistry.Established in 1979 by the King Faisal Foundation and named after…

Justin Brown, an associate professor of instruction in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, specializes in cellular neuroscience. But, as faculty mentor for this year’s cohort of Posse Scholars, his expertise on winter weather is…

In 1793, Capt. William Bligh docked the HMS Providence in Kingstown in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a small island nation in the Caribbean Sea, with cargo filled with several hundred sapling breadfruit trees. His goal was singular: To…

Scholar, author and civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill will headline Northwestern University’s 2023 MLK Dream Week with a keynote conversation at 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 23 at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The keynote event is free and open to…

Northwestern University’s Roozbeh Ghaffari and Daniel Martin Watterson have been named 2022 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).Fellows are elected by their peers for outstanding contributions to innovation that have made a…

A survey of American adults found that nearly half reported having been infected with COVID-19 at least once, with 35% saying they have tested positive more than once. The report also revealed that a substantial majority of Americans have…

This image looks like a festive, holiday-inspired necklace. But it’s actually colorful water droplets clinging to a wire. Because the wire is engineered to attract water, the droplets glide along the line, eventually merging into one…

Black children drown in swimming pools at rates more than seven times higher than white children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But a new study suggests safety programs and better access to pools could…

Tooth decay has forced unpleasant dental visits on most of the U.S. population. In fact, over 90% of adults have had at least one cavity. Furthermore, longer lifespans and egregious dental health disparities are contributing to rising…