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Indigenous playwright Larissa FastHorse talks representation, community engagement

April 23, 2024

Award-winning Indigenous playwright and choreographer Larissa FastHorse spoke at Harris Hall Tuesday in a guest speaker event hosted by SESP Dean Bryan Brayboy and Communication Dean E. Patrick Johnson. Brayboy...

MacArthur Fellow William Dichtel to join Weinberg chemistry department

January 15, 2016

MacArthur Fellow William Dichtel will join Northwestern this summer as a chemistry professor in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the university announced Thursday. Dichtel, who is currently...

Ta-Nehisi Coates to speak at Northwestern

October 5, 2015

Award-winning journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates will speak at Northwestern on Oct. 24 in Cahn Auditorium. Coates' already sold-out talk will kick off the annual two-week Chicago Humanities Festival at...

Two Northwestern professors named Guggenheim fellows

April 14, 2015

Two Northwestern professors have been selected as 2015 Guggenheim fellows. Sociology Prof. Monica Prasad and psychology Prof. Jennifer Richeson are among the 173 fellows chosen from more than 3,000...

MacArthur ‘genius grant’ awarded to McCormick researcher

September 18, 2014

McCormick Prof. Mark Hersam has received a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” for his research in nanomaterials, the organization announced Wednesday. The prestigious five-year grant of $625,000...

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