On Campus
The Power of Mentorship
Four faculty/student pairs share how the Posner Fellowship Program has made a difference in their lives.
From Student to Working Professional
Young alumni return to campus to share what they wished they’d known before entering the workplace.
School Shootings and Unemployment
Sociologist John Hagan finds that gun violence at schools increases when those leaving school have a hard time finding jobs.
An Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates
Meaningful social change starts "with what you love doing," the National Book Award-winning author says during a campus talk.
The Roots of Political Violence
Over the past 25 years, political scientist Will Reno has studied warfare in the heart of Africa
Before "Straight" and "Gay"
From a historical perspective, the late 20th century's straight-gay paradigm looks a little "stodgy," professor Deborah Cohen writes.
Making Art with Polynomials
Mathematician Laura DeMarco explains how to build beautiful 3-D fractals out of the simplest equations.
Six Countries in 11 Weeks
Margot Zuckerman ’18 wins a $9,000 Circumnavigators grant to spend the summer researching food security around the globe.
Faculty Win Record Number of NEH Grants
Four professors earn fellowships to study topics ranging from early Confucianism to sexuality in Shakespeare’s time.
Gift Promotes Indigenous Studies
A $1.5 million Mellon grant will establish Northwestern as a hub of scholarly activity in Native American and indigenous studies.
Beauty Sick
In a new book, psychologist Renee Engeln explains how our cultural obsession with beauty harms girls and women.
"Beware the Beginnings"
Using the Holocaust as an example, historian Peter Hayes shows how power magnifies the ideas of those who hold it.