Northwestern University

Northwestern University has received the 2022 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. The HEED Award is the only…

Northwestern University has been chosen by the National Science Foundation to lead a new Center for Chemical Innovation (CCI). The national center’s diverse research team will focus on harnessing the power of biocatalysis found in nature…

More than 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), people with disabilities report having a difficult time accessing health care and often find that doctors’ offices refuse to accommodate them. Now, a new…

A team of researchers at Northwestern University has devised a new platform for gene editing that could inform the future application of a near-limitless library of CRISPR-based therapeutics.Using chemical design and synthesis, the team…

A transformative grant awarded to Northwestern University totaling $16 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aims to disrupt systemic barriers that impede the full participation of underrepresented groups by…

Northwestern University has announced a major new center focused on improving the quality of primary care to improve primary care services and systems throughout the world.A gift from the Patrick G. ’59, ’09 H (’97, ’00 P) and Shirley W.…

Past chair of Northwestern University’s Board of Trustees J. Landis “Lanny” Martin ’68, ’73 JD, ’22 H and Sharon Martin (’02, ’08 P) have made a $3 million gift to endow faculty positions at Northwestern University Pritzker School of…

A celebrated molecular neuroscientist, Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD, is responsible for landmark discoveries that have changed our understanding of how humans see the world. He is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and…

Composer and performer Joan La Barbara will visit Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music for a residency Oct. 21-29. The residency includes a composition colloquium, a master class and discussions with composition students, ensemble…

A new fund will provide seed grants to Northwestern University faculty to speed up the commercialization of innovative and high-potential research in the life sciences. The Pat & Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund will…