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Philosophy Behind Bars 

Professor Jennifer Lackey heads to a maximum-security prison to teach a course on values to inmates. 

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Indigenous Research Studies Initiative Launched

The College will hire two new tenure-track professors as part of an effort to build a critical mass of scholars working in the field. 

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From Weinberg to the Olympics

Political science major Jordan Wilimovsky ’16 secured his spot on the 2016 U.S. Olympic team by winning the open-water 10-kilometer race at the World Championships.

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“Get On With Your Dream” 

Breast-cancer survivor Sheri Phillips Prentiss ’89 encourages the Class of 2015 to embrace life’s adventures. 

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Chemists Win National Honors

The five awards are the most ever bestowed on Northwestern in a single year by the American Chemical Society.

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How Indie Rock Changed the World

Historian Deborah Cohen explains how the 1980s independent music scene presaged a larger shift in American culture.

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Seniors Win National Debate Title

Arjun Vellayappan ’15 and Alex Miles ’15 lead Northwestern to a record 15th championship.  

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“Brain Sports” Gain Momentum

Audiences are starting to take intellectual heft as seriously as muscular definition, anthropologist Shalini Shankar says. 

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How Looks Affect Mate Choices

Attractiveness is less of a factor for couples who were friends before dating, Professor of Psychology Eli Finkel says.

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Sex Differences and the Brain

Neurobiologist Catherine Woolley finds that male and female brains operate differently at a molecular level.

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Weinberg
Wins Grand Gold

The magazine wins a string of awards, including the top prize in the international 2015 Circle of Excellence competition.  

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Rewriting the History of Sociology

Professor Aldon Morris makes the case that black sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois was the primary founder of the field.

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