Attend one of the college's upcoming events, listed below. You can also review the Academic Calendars or find information about major college events, such as Convocation.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Thursdays 11:30am-12:30pm through Feb 27, 2025. Kresge 4438. Are you learning Hindi-Urdu and want to practice your language skills? Would...
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Brady Scholars Program in Ethics and Civic Life
Brady Scholars gather weekly for refreshments and discussion about recent events and their implications for our society, ongoing moral difficulties...
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Ease into the weekend feeling productive! Join us in the Kaplan Seminar Room (Kresge 2350) on Friday mornings from 9am-12pm,...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Wenjie Zhou, Caltech, Recipient of the 2022 Excellence in Graduate Research
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
"No estan solos, you are not alone: Resisting U.S. Immigration Detention from the Inside-Out" The U.S. detention system is built upon...
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Global Learning Office
Join GLO and Professor Licheng GU to learn more about the Wanxiang Fellows: Modern China and Emerging Technologies for summer...
All day, sponsored by Office of Fellowships Deadlines
The Boren Scholarship supports langauge-intensive study abroad in less commonly taught langauges. Strong applicants must make an argument how their...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
This paper examines four avenues of accountability seeking to hold multinational corporations (MNCs) and their subsidiaries and suppliers liable for...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
You’re invited for a panel discussion on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 with Tonika Johnson, artist, activist, and creator of the Folded...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Linda Zhao, University of Chicago, presents: TBA Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for zoom link and for any questions at sociol@northwestern.edu.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Cat Dang Ton, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University "Observing Social Support Networks in Everyday...
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Action Potentials – What determines whether a neuron is ‘active’ or not?
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
The Kaplan Humanities Institute is launching a new series of faculty get-togethers on the third Thursday of each month. These...
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
The Art, Community, and Environment Research Workshop is kicking off its Winter 2025 series LAND and HOME AS ARCHIVE and...
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry is delighted to invite you to attend our Young Scientist Seminar Series on Friday January 17...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Matej Jungwirth: PhD Candidate in Political Science, Northwestern University Andrés Rodríguez-Cáceres: PhD Candidate in Sociology, Northwestern University
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Gravity from Newton to Einstein" We begin with a thought experiment: could we guess Newton’s theory of gravity without observing the...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop presents: Eyako Heh: Urban Governance and Shot Spotter Surveillance Nalani Saito: Releases and Regulations:...
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
The Art, Community, and Environment Research Workshop is kicking off its Winter 2025 series LAND and HOME AS ARCHIVE and...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies
Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Title and abstract to be announced.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Yoalli Aguilera, Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at DePaul University, presents: Grieving Geographies, Mourning Waters: Race, Gender,...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by History Department
Graduates - Join lunch with your fellow History graduate students and faculty. If this will be your first time all...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Nico Slate, Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon, will be in conversation with Daniel Immerwahr (Professor of History) and Ivy...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Book Celebration for Dotun Ayobade
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Environmental Policy and Culture
Join the Program in Environmental Policy and Culture for our Green Bag lunch lecture series. Lunch provided - please RSVP...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Department of Political Science for a Farrell Fellow Meet-Up. Details to come.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Mark Alexander Griffith "I Don't Want to be Slut-Shamed': Consensual Non-Monogamists' Experiences with Mononormativity...
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
CRISPy Chickens - Genetically coordinated cell fate transitions in neural tube development
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies
Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry is delighted to invite you to attend our Young Scientist Seminar Series with Dr. Dane W....
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Visit and talk of Professor Ignacio Sánchez Prado, Professor of Spanish, Latin American Studies, and Film and Media Studies at...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Jonathan Wyrtzen, Professor of Sociology and History, Yale University
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
With Rafael Palacios and members of Sankofa Danzafro, Winter 2025 Artist in Residence of the Dance Program in the Department...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Ripples from a Maelstrom" General relativity predicts that black holes are some of the simplest objects in the universe, while their...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join us for a workshop on Active Learning and Engaged Lecturing! Dr. Dani Gilbert will present on the philosophy...
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies
Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Department of Political Science for an information session on Pi Sigma Alpha. Formed in 1920, the prestigious...
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies
Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Rod Abhari, School of Communication, Northwestern University "Unmaking Science: Retractions, Trust, and the Politics...
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Human-specific progenitors extend and expand motor neurogenesis in the spinal cord
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Session title and description forthcoming: About the Speaker: Mkhaimar Abusada is a U.S.-educated expert on Palestinian political attitudes. He received his PhD...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Classics
Already in his own lifetime, Euripides was known for pushing the boundaries of what a tragedy could be. While recent...
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Psychology
Title: “Robotic Asians”: A Mechanistic Dehumanization Perspective on Anti-Asian Bias in the U.S. Abstract: Psychology has documented several stereotypes that explain...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Looking at Ever Smaller Scales" For more than a hundred years, particle physicists have been smashing things together to figure out...
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies
Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry is delighted to invite you to attend our Young Scientist Seminar Series with Dr. Dmitri Cordova,...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Environmental Policy and Culture
Join the Program in Environmental Policy and Culture for our Green Bag lunch lecture series. Lunch provided - please RSVP by...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Stephanie Ternullo, Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard University. Abstract forthcoming. Stephanie Ternullo...
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies
Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Global Learning Office
Join us to learn about study abroad options in South Korea during the academic year or summer. Representatives from the...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Miguel Montalva Barba, Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Massachusetts Boston, presents: White Supremacy and Racism in Progressive America:...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop presents: Miguel Montalva Barba: White Supremacy and Racism in Progressive America: Race, Place,...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Join the Political Science Department as we take a preview of the Spring 2025 quarter courses. Faculty will present on...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Department Colloquium Hosted by Michael Wasielewski For further information, contact wasielewski-ofc@northwestern.edu
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
The Buffett Institute for Global Affairs hosts colloquia for graduate students to present their research to globally engaged faculty and...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Omar Lizardo, UCLA, presents: "Professional Taste: Omnivorousness, Empathy, and Possibility in the Structure of Evaluation" Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Please join MENA and the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, in welcoming Nancy Okail of the Center for International Policy...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Fernando Dominguez Rubio, Associate Professor, University of California, San Diego Hybrid
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Exploring the Principles of Brain Wiring through Visuomotor Transformation
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by English Department
The Litowitz MFA+MA Graduate Program in Creative Writing and English is proud to present a reading by Claudia Rankine. The...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Bel Olid is an Assistant Instructional Professor at the University of Chicago, PhD candidate at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and visiting grad...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"The Standard Model is Almost Perfect" The Standard Model of particle physics is one of the most precisely tested theories of...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join us for a workshop on Writing the Teaching Statement! First, Kate Flom Derrick from the Searle Center along...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Please join MENA in welcoming Samer Aboud of Villanova University and Nour Halabi of University of Aberdeen, for a virtual...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies
Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Speakers: Peer Herholz Katie Insel Morgan Thompson
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
Join the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program for a talk and Q&A with Dr. Kaya Genç on Wednesday, Feburary 12,...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Department Colloquium Hosted by Christian Malapit For further information, contact malapit-ofc@northwestern.edu
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Environmental Policy and Culture
Join Tracie Thomas from Northwestern's Career Advancement for a career workshop.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Professor Jorge Quintana of Dartmouth College will present his new book, "Biocosmism Vitality and the Utopian Imagination in Postrevolutionary Mexico...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Joseph Jewell, University of Illinois Chicago, presents: “In a White Man’s Place: Racial Boundaries and Middle-Class Mobility in Three Gilded Age...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies
Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Miguel Chavez, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University "The Making of a Masculine Body: Networks...
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
TBA
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Sarah Quinn, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Washington
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Baby Pictures of the Universe" The earliest moments of the universe were incredibly chaotic, a time when matter and energy were...
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM, sponsored by Chicago Field Studies
Find out more about the Chicago Field Studies Program and get all your questions answered by one of the CFS...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Anthropology Colloquia and Events
Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World In Violent Intimacies, Aslı Zengin traces how trans people...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Nick Winters, Classics, Northwestern University Title "Rival Arithmetics of Ancient Greece" Abstract The origin of European theoretical mathematics is usually placed by historians in...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop presents: Michelle Shames: Quantifying Quality in Community Policing: A Case Study of Metrics...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
The Buffett Institute for Global Affairs has launched a yearlong initiative focused on international diplomacy in turbulent times. The series...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by History Department
Join us for historically-themed cake and chat with faculty members about their upcoming Winter courses! This is one of History's...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Global Religion and Politics Research Group
Please join the Global Religion and Politics Research Group as they host Barbara Sostaita (UIC) Barbara Andrea Sostaita is a formerly...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Political Science Department as they host a new major meet-up! Have you declared your major as Political Science?...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the Political Science Department as they host a new major meet-up! Have you declared your major as Political Science?...
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
Winter 2025 Warnock Lecture, presented by the Department of Art History Sangoma: On Miriam Makeba’s Healing Arts "In 1988, Miriam Makeba released...
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Center for Historical Studies
Michelle McKINLEY (University of Oregon), author of Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Intimacy and Legal Mobilization in Colonial Lima, 1600-1700 (2016)—Thursday, February...
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
This event is designed to share the ways in which a research professor brings her training and experience in the...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Carly Knight, New York University, presents: "How to Manage the Market: The Construction of the Economic Actor in American Bestselling Self-Help...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Io Brooks, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University "It Feels Like You're Being Robbed": Prison...
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Why do we sleep? Restoring neuromodulation and beyond
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Holocaust Educational Foundation
The Intoxication of Killing: Alcohol, Masculinity, and Mass Murder in Nazi Germany This presentation explores how alcohol consumption served as a...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
The Kaplan Humanities Institute is launching a new series of faculty get-togethers on the third Thursday of each month. These...
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Nitsan Chorev & Alexandre White: American Bar Foundation All-Day Event* Nitsan Chorev, Harmon Family Professor of Sociology and International& Public Affairs,...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Asian American Studies Program
Join the Asian American Studies Program for an engaging conversation with award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca F....
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"Galaxies: Glitter in a Snow Globe" We find many answers about the early universe in a surprising place: the arrangement of...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
This event takes place at the Evanston Public Library. Evanston Public Library and Northwestern University’s Middle East and North African Studies...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
MENA welcomes Beeta Baghoolizadeh, Princeton. She will lecture on her book The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran. Lunch will...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Workshop with María del Rosario Acosta López (Hispanic Studies, University of California, Riverside), and members of Sankofa Danzafro dance company...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Please join the American Politics Workshop as they host Jae Yeon Kim, assistant research scientist at the SNF Agora Institute...
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Screening: “Hearing Silences: 50 Years of Black Women Faculty at Northwestern” Little has been known about the Black faculty experience at...
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by History Department
Graduates - Join lunch with your fellow History graduate students and faculty. If this will be your first time all...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Department Colloquium Hosted by Omar Farha For more information, contact greg.mandell@northwestern.edu
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Paul DiMaggio, New York University, presents: "Americans' Understanding of the Relationship between Science and Religion: An Institutional Perspective" Hybrid Please contact the...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Advances in facial recognition, artificial intelligence, and other technologies provoke urgent ethical questions about facial expressivity and how we interpret...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Ryan Fajardo, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University "The Price of Play: The Value of...
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Black Studies Department
Robin D. G. KELLEY (UCLA), author of Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times (2012) (reception to follow)
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Neurobiology
Neuronal long non-coding RNAs: Insights from the fly olfactory system
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Luis Schenoni, Associate Professor of Political Science, University College London
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy
"A Bright Future Ahead" We close this lecture series with a look towards the future: exciting experiments on the horizon and...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Feyza Burak-Adli is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University. She will give a presentation on...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Science in Human Culture Program - Klopsteg Lecture Series
Speaker Shireen Hamza - History, Northwestern University Title "Down by the Water: Medicine and Religion in Waterside Spaces" Abstract Medieval stepwells and bathhouses, stunning and...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Cognitive Science Program
Title and abstract to be announced.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Guest Speaker Lecture with Prof. Virginia Burrus, Syracuse University. More details to be announced at a later time.
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Michelle Lee, Graduate Student of Sociology at Northwestern University
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Seminar hosted by James Gaynor For information, please contact tory.helgeson@northwestern.edu
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Christine Schwartz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, presents: "What's happening with divorce trends in the United States?" Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Vineet Gupta, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University “The Satellite’s Gaze: A Postcolonial Commentary on...
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Honorees to be announced.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop presents: Vineet Gupta: Toward a Global Sociology of Urban Planning Parkes Hall, Room 222...
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry Faculty Seminars
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Chemistry
Chemistry Department Colloquium Hosted by Joe Hupp For further information, contact hupp-ofc@northwestern.edu
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Molecular Biosciences
Department of Molecular Biosciences Seminar Series
