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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

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...

Nobel-Prize winning chemistry Prof. Fraser Stoddart speaks in Hardin Hall in October 2016. Stoddart and former Intel director Youssry Bostros launched a line of anti-aging skincare under the brand “NOBLE.”

Company co-founded by Nobel Prize winner launches nanotechnology-based cosmetics

January 16, 2018

Nobel-Prize-winning chemist Prof. Fraser Stoddart is part of a team selling cosmetics based on nanotechnology. PanaceaNano, a nanotechnology company co-founded by Stoddart and Dr. Youssry Botros launched...

Boyd: Recognize Suu Kyi’s culpability in Rohingya genocide

October 3, 2017

The world is witnessing a case of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. The minority Rohingya Muslim population in Rakhine State are being systematically killed, terrorized and driven from their homes. Over 500,000...

Chemistry Prof. Sir Fraser Stoddart speaks at Hardin Hall on Wednesday. The University held a reception for Stoddart after he and two other scientists received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Northwestern chemistry professor wins Nobel Prize

October 5, 2016

Chemistry Prof. Sir Fraser Stoddart was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday. Stoddart shares the award with Bernard Feringa from the University...

Award-winning economist Jean Tirole discusses industrial regulation and complex markets at an Undergraduate Economics Society event Tuesday. Tirole won the University’s Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics in February of 2014.

Nobel Memorial Prize winner talks regulation mistakes, complex markets

April 29, 2015

Economist Jean Tirole spoke about his Nobel Memorial Prize-winning work on industrial regulations Tuesday in Harris Hall. Markets are often not as simple as one buyer and one seller, he said, and regulators...

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