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Faculty Accolades

Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Nobel recognizes Mokyr’s theory on sustained economic growth

October 13, 2025

Artist's representation of a futuristic processor with multicolor circuits

Northwestern accelerates quantum research with NVIDIA technology

September 3, 2025

NVIDIA code could help researchers tackle computationally demanding tasks hindering quantum research

Northwestern names new trustees

September 17, 2025

Three distinguished individuals will join the University’s Board of Trustees

25 years of SuperAger research

Aging

What makes a SuperAger?

August 7, 2025

Twenty-five years of SuperAger research show cognitive decline is not an inevitable part of aging

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AI models predict sepsis in children

October 13, 2025

Two Northwestern students receive Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship

October 9, 2025

NPR reporter Nina Totenberg to headline the Leopold Lecture

October 8, 2025

Understanding the climate cost of cleaning our water

October 8, 2025

Webb Telescope unveils doomed star hidden in dust

October 8, 2025

Things to do at NU: Oct. 8 to 14

October 7, 2025

Molecular coating cleans up noisy quantum light

October 3, 2025

Biochemist who discovered GLP-1 named winner of 2026 Kimberly Prize

October 3, 2025

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New tools boost how often pediatricians suggest early peanut introduction to infants

October 2, 2025

Things to do at NU: Oct. 1 to 7

September 29, 2025

Nearly everyone has at least one risk factor before a heart attack, stroke or heart failure

September 29, 2025

Uri Wilensky named 2025 Yidan Prize winner

September 29, 2025

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Why are they called the Ivy League? The story behind America’s elite universities

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Sep 30, 2025 – Insider

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Fighting for science

August 20, 2025

Northwestern alum Felicia Tuchman chronicles her path from high school science student to pursuing a Ph.D. — and what she’s learning along the way

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felicia tuchman — Felicia Tuchman holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Today, at 25 years old, she has published nine peer-reviewed research papers on substance use and substance use disorders. But her future in the field has never been more precarious, she writes.

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Gravitational-wave detection verifies Stephen Hawking’s theorem

Ten years have passed since the historic first detection of gravitational waves

September 12, 2025

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Making Theater Magic

Follow the cast and crew of Man of La Mancha as they create an unforgettable experience.

Riding the AI Wave

Kris Hammond helps us navigate the new world of human-AI interaction.

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