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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Eight of Engeln’s Body and Media lab members (“BAMs”) stand in three rows smiling for a photo.

Psychology Prof. Renee Engeln researches body image and media with her Body and Media Lab

January 4, 2022

Psychology Prof. Renee Engeln’s Body and Media Lab illuminates how society’s obsession with beauty harms women. Engeln’s research explores cultural practices that damage the relationships between...

Northwestern lab campaigns against negative body image in magazines

April 28, 2014

Northwestern’s Body and Media Lab started an initiative last week encouraging individuals to flip over magazines with covers that are unhealthy for female body image. Psychology Prof. Renee Engeln...

Psychology Prof. Renee Engeln was selected by the class of 2013 to give the annual Last Lecture. In her talk, Engeln complimented the graduating seniors generation for spawning the age of the nerd.

In Last Lecture, psychology prof encourages class of 2013 to embrace ‘age of the nerd,’ one another

June 18, 2013

Psychology Prof. Renee Engeln began her Last Lecture to the class of 2013 on Monday night by reading excerpts from her colleagues and other professionals in her field criticizing the graduating seniors'...

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