The National Science Foundation selected Northwestern to lead a new Center for Chemical Innovation, the University announced Thursday. The Center for Chemoenzymatic Synthesis, led by chemistry Prof....

Physics and astronomy Prof. Jason Wang, who started teaching at Northwestern this month, didn’t always want to be an astronomer.  As a physics major at Cornell University, Wang said he wanted to...

The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has granted $2.4 million to support and strengthen local news outlets through the Medill Local News Accelerator program, Northwestern announced Tuesday.  The donation...

Author Clint Smith begins “How the Word Is Passed” with a vignette on his drive to Monticello, a plantation in Central Virginia and the summer home of Thomas Jefferson. Smith discusses his tour of...

Northwestern has instituted a new fund aimed at accelerating innovative research in the life sciences, the University announced Monday.  The Pat & Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund...