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The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


Northwestern professor Chad Mirkin receives Friendship Award from Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. Mirkin was recognized for his contributions to China's economic and social progress.

Northwestern chemistry Prof. receives China’s Friendship Award

October 7, 2018

Chemistry Prof. Chad Mirkin was presented China’s Friendship Award, an annual honor recognizing "foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to the country's economic and social progress,”...

Technological Institute. A team of McCormick professors discovered how to build structures out of gold nanoparticles and DNA.

Northwestern researchers assemble gold, DNA into structures that manipulate light

January 31, 2018

Harry Potter fans, take note: Northwestern researchers have discovered how to build structures on surfaces out of gold nanoparticles and DNA, which could lay the groundwork for devices akin to Harry’s...

New center for nanotechnology research, cancer treatment opens

May 7, 2017

The Ronald and JoAnne Willens Center for Nano Oncology opened in late April, according to a University news release. The center is located within the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern...

McCormick professor receives Outstanding Young Investigator Award

April 20, 2017

McCormick Prof. James Rondinelli received the Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Materials Research Society for his work in materials science and engineering, according to a University news...

Four Northwestern professors receive presidential award

January 17, 2017

President Barack Obama honored four members of Northwestern faculty with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers earlier this month. Mechanical engineer Sinan Keten, physicist...

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