Skip to Main Content
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 University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


The Technological Institute. Northwestern Prof. Mark Hersam co-led the research that created a transistor capable of associative learning.

Northwestern researchers help develop new brain-like transistor

January 2, 2024

Northwestern researchers, along with researchers from Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have developed a new brain-like synaptic transistor, the University announced Dec....

Northwestern researchers have had breakthrough results in applying AI to their work.

Northwestern researchers achieve AI breakthroughs

November 14, 2023

To the ordinary eye, McCormick Prof. Sam Kriegman’s robot may look like a glob of purple rubber. But despite its small size and unfinished appearance, the 6-inch creature is the product of an artificial...

Whittingham stands in front of a lecture hall, with a presentation in the background.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry recipient speaks at annual John E. Dorn Lecture

May 4, 2023

Stanley Whittingham, the 2019 Nobel laureate in chemistry, spoke on the sustainable future of lithium-ion batteries — which are used in devices ranging from mobile phones to electric vehicles — at...

A sign that reads “Northwestern Technological Institute” with trees and a large building behind it.

Search committee created to select McCormick dean replacement

November 15, 2022

A search committee has been formed to select the next dean of the McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern announced Tuesday. The selected individual will replace outgoing Dean Julio Ottino, who...

The government shutdown has not impacted Northwestern’s federal research funding but could if significantly prolonged, said Jay Walsh, vice president for research.

Has the shutdown affected Northwestern’s federal research funding? Not yet

January 10, 2019

Despite the government shutdown entering its 20th day, it has not yet impacted Northwestern’s federal research funding, said Jay Walsh, vice president for research. The partial government shutdown...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881
Mark Hersam