Northwestern University

Four members of the Northwestern University faculty have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.Wendy Griswold, C. Kirabo Jackson, James L.…

To combat global poverty, social programs that not only provide cash to families — but also address psychological and social obstacles to seizing economic opportunities — can have a beneficial impact on people’s lives, according to new…

Northwestern University has announced the formation of a search committee to identify the next dean of the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP).The individual chosen will succeed David Figlio, Dean and Orrington Lunt Professor of…

The Carnegie Corporation of New York announced today (April 26) that Northwestern University associate professor of anthropology Amanda Logan in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences has been named to the 2022 Class of Andrew Carnegie…

There are five different diseases that attack the language areas in the left hemisphere of the brain that slowly cause progressive impairments of language known as primary progressive aphasia (PPA), reports a new Northwestern Medicine…

Five faculty members are being honored with the 2022 University Teaching Awards. The annual recognition is given to professors who demonstrate excellence and innovation in undergraduate teaching.Over the past two years, the unpredictable…

Four undergraduate researchers from Northwestern University have been awarded the 2022 Barry Goldwater Scholarship, an honor that supports students who intend to pursue careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. As…

Ever since they were discovered in 2018, fast blue optical transients (FBOTs) have utterly surprised and completely confounded both observational and theoretical astrophysicists. So hot that they glow blue, these mysterious objects are…

The Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs is working with the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Program (REEES), as well as other schools and units across the University, to launch several new initiatives that…

What if the life cycle of the plastic bottle was circular? Where a used plastic bottle was returned to its original components, ready to be made into a new plastic bottle instead of possibly ending up in a landfill. A Northwestern…