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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


Hogan Biological Sciences Building, home of the biological sciences department. Biological sciences Prof. Richard Carthew will serve as the director of the NSF-Simons Center for Quantitative Biology.

Northwestern receives $10 million grant to fund quantitative biology research

May 24, 2018

Northwestern received a $10 million grant to fund research in quantitative biology, the University announced Thursday. The grant was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation....

Boxerman: Please, don’t ask for my horoscope

March 13, 2018

We live in a nation awash in moral panics. In general, I’m no fan. But since we’re going to have them in any case, I’d like to humbly place my nomination for our next one: horoscopes. Astrology...

Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Rd. Northwestern Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, which is housed in the Institute, received a $15.6 million grant.

NU materials research center receives $15.6 million grant

September 20, 2017

The Northwestern Materials Research Science and Engineering Center received a $15.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the University announced in a news release Wednesday. The six-year...

NU professor wins National Science Foundation award

April 11, 2017

A Northwestern astrophysicist received a National Science Foundation award, which will help fund research on galaxy formation, the University announced last week. Physics and astronomy Prof. Claude-André...

Folmsbee: The ugly and invisible bigotry in science

Folmsbee: The ugly and invisible bigotry in science

April 28, 2015

I am an Asian-American. My mother is a Japanese immigrant, and my father is white. But since I superficially appear white, I get to participate in all the societal and cultural privileges white males enjoy....

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