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Michael Rogers, a Northwestern University professor who spent four years as as Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and as a director at the National Security Agency, said that Russia’s likely response to Western sanctions will come in the form of cyberattacks and information warfare.
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Northwestern experts explain what’s at stake in the U.S. and abroad, connecting some of the issues most critical to safeguarding democracy and pursuing social justice in America.
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Jordan Gans-Morse, a political scientist at Northwestern and an expert on the former Soviet Union, said that “a new world order” is upon us and that the consequences of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine will echo for years to come.
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Led by political scientist Alvin B. Tillery Jr. Business Forum membership is open to corporate executives tasked with addressing DEI issues within their companies.

A team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bartlit Center on Trial Advocacy won the Midwest Regional of the National Trial Competition

Political science faculty from Northwestern University are available to media to discuss U.S. diplomatic efforts, international sanctions and Biden’s leadership during the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
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Northwestern University is among three institutions this year receiving the 2022 Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award for Campus Internationalization in recognition of a global learning program which helped undergraduate students take part in global virtual internships amid pandemic-induced limits on international mobility.

Using first-of-its-kind live imaging, researchers saw cells moving into position as the fruit fly eye develops; the cells use mechanical forces, not just chemical signals, as previously believed.

Irene Chavez died while in Chicago police custody last December.
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Using synthetic biology, researchers developed a new gas fermentation method that harnesses an engineered bacteria strain to convert carbon dioxide waste into industrial chemicals.