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  • Apr
    11

    The Art of Seeing Infrastructure: An Interactive Walking Tour with Deb Chachra

    Arts + Engineering Initiatives

    11:00 AM meet in lobby, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center

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    In this interactive conversation and walk around the Ford Building, Olin College of Engineering Professor Deb Chachra will show us the interconnections between physical infrastructure and the social, creative, and care networks that sustain and transform the world we live in. This walk is connected with Dr. Chachra’s 2 p.m. talk on How Infrastructure Works in the ITW room (1.350) of the Ford Building; attendees are welcome to join both or either program.

    Speaker biography: Olin College of Engineering Professor Deb Chachra is the author of How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World (Riverhead/Torva, 2023), which was named a Best Book of 2023 by Publishers Weekly. She writes, thinks, builds, and speaks widely on themes of technology and society. Her work and ideas have been supported by the Sloan Foundation, the Autodesk Foundation, and others, and she received an NSF CAREER Award for research on engineering education. She has written for outlets including the Atlantic and Nature and a regular column for the American Society for Engineering Education’s Prism magazine, as well as her own long-running online newsletter, Metafoundry.

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    TIME Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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    CONTACT Alice Boone    alice.boone@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Jun
    15

    2024-2025 Commencement Ceremony

    University Academic Calendar

    All Day

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    TIME Sunday, June 15, 2025

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    CONTACT Office of the Registrar    nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Jun
    16

    Northwestern Engineering PhD Hooding and Master's Degree Recognition Ceremony

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    9:00 AM 2705 Ashland Ave

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    TIME Monday, June 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

    LOCATION 2705 Ashland Ave   

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    CONTACT Northwestern Engineering Events    northwestern-engineering-events@northwestern.edu EMAIL

    CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  • Jun
    16

    Northwestern Engineering Undergraduate Convocation

    McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

    2:00 PM 2705 Ashland Ave

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    TIME Monday, June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

    LOCATION 2705 Ashland Ave   

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    CONTACT Northwestern Engineering Events    northwestern-engineering-events@northwestern.edu EMAIL

    CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

  • Jun
    23

    Summer classes begin

    University Academic Calendar

    All Day

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    TIME Monday, June 23, 2025

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    CONTACT Office of the Registrar    nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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  • Sep
    16

    Fall 2025 Classes Begin

    University Academic Calendar

    All Day

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    TIME Tuesday, September 16, 2025

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    CONTACT Office of the Registrar    nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL

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