McGaw YMCA youth win District 65 African American Achievement Awards

On Friday, February 26, youth from across District 65 were honored for their leadership, academic, and extracurricular successes at the 11th annual African American Achievement Awards.
 

Three honored by American Chemical Society

Northwestern University’s chemistry department in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences has achieved something new in its history: Three faculty members -- all physical chemists -- have received awards from the American Chemical Society during the same year.

Israel and Obama: The Iranian Nuclear Threat and the End of the Special Relationship

Richard A. Baehr, co-founder and Chief Political Correspondent for AmericanThinker.com will present "Israel and Obama:  The Iranian Nuclear Threat and the End of the Special Relationship" on Tues.

SHORE to Honor Charles Cooper at Annual Spring Benefit

March 2, 2010 – Skokie, IL: When he was making decisions as the executive vice-president of a large insurance company he was known as Charles G. To his fellow board members and the many friends he has made while volunteering at SHORE Community Services for the last 27 years, he’s called Charlie. His friends and many others who appreciate the work he has done on beha

Four at NU win NSF awards

 Four young Northwestern University faculty members -- Jose Andrade, Darren Gergle, Jiaxing Huang and Cheng Sun -- have received faculty early career development awards from the National Science Foundation.

The minimum award size is $400,000 for a five-year period.

Chemist receives two honors

Northwestern University chemist Tobin J. Marks, a world leader in the fields of organometallic chemistry, chemical catalysis, materials science, organic electronics, solar energy, photovoltaics and nanotechnology, has received two major honors from the Technical University of Munich.

NU prof 'outstanding young investigator'

Northwestern University’s Mark Hersam has been selected to receive the Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Materials Research Society. The award will be presented in April during the 2009 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco.

Two from NU named Sloan research fellows

Two Northwestern University faculty members have been named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows.

They are Brian Odom, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, and Giorgio Primiceri, assistant professor of economics, both in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

NU prof named to engineering panel

Northwestern University researcher Gregory B. Olson, considered one of the founders of computational materials design, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

NU prof wins Defense Department award

Northwestern University’s Monica Olvera de la Cruz has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense as a fellow in its National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship program.