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Blink-Powered Glasses Could Keep an Eye on Health
New smart glasses developed by Professor Nivedita Arora harvest mechanical energy from facial movements to power sensors.Oct 12, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
April Wang Attends Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Wang was among 200 young researchers selected to attend the annual networking conference designed to encourage intellectual discourse and collaboration.Oct 12, 2026
Alum Spotlight: Jay Budzik (PhD ’03)
Budzik, senior vice president at Fifth Third Bank, manages AI initiatives across consumer products and central operations.Oct 12, 2026
PhD Student Spotlight: Jerry Yao-Chieh Hu
Hu is an incoming assistant professor of computer science at Vanderbilt University’s College of Connected Computing, where he’ll lead the ARTificial intElligent MachIneS (ARTEMIS) Lab.Oct 9, 2026
Northwestern Computer Science Announces New Named Professorships
Branden Ghena was named the McCormick Advisory Council Professor and Joshua DeAndria was appointed as the Pioneer Professor of Practice.Oct 1, 2026
Alum Spotlight: Lukas Gross (’20)
As a member of OpenAI’s technical staff, Gross has worked on a variety of projects across the company, most recently developing tools that help lawyers focus on their most consequential work.Sep 29, 2026
Northwestern Engineering Names Winners of 2026 Cole-Higgins Awards
Gina Fong, Branden Ghena, Colin Hisey, and Suzanne Olds received teaching awards, while Greg Wagner earned the advising award.Sep 28, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern Computer Science Recognizes Promotion of Aravindan Vijayaraghavan
Vijayaraghavan was promoted to full professor of computer science.Sep 24, 2026
Postdoc Jeremy Vollen Wins Distinguished Paper Award at IJCAI-ECAI 2026
Vollen and the research team introduced incentive ratios to public decision problems and the design of fair collective decision-making algorithms.Sep 23, 2026
Manling Li Named Kuruganti Junior Faculty Fellow
Effective September 1, the fellowship supports early-career faculty who are working in computational research with a focus on AI or machine learning.Sep 22, 2026
Northwestern Engineering Announces New AI Major
The first major program in the new Northwestern Engineering bachelor of science in engineering degree, the AI major will launch in fall 2026.Sep 21, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
Want to Major in AI?
Professor Samir Khuller spoke with WBEZ about Northwestern’s new undergraduate major.Sep 17, 2026|from WBEZ
CS + LS PhD alum Natalie Araujo Melo Wins Doctoral Dissertation Award
Melo (PhD ’26, MS ’25) earned the 2026 Network of the Learning Sciences in Canada Doctoral Dissertation Award for ExcellenceSep 11, 2026
Michael Rubenstein Selected for Chief of Naval Research Fellowship
Launched this year, the program brings highly accomplished academic researchers into the naval science and technology enterprise, giving them the opportunity to apply their expertise to critical US Navy and US Marine Corps challenges.Aug 21, 2026|from Northwestern Engineering News
PhD Alums Mohapatra and Cruz Selected for MLCommons Rising Stars
Payal Mohapatra (PhD ’26) and Stefany Cruz (PhD ’25) were among 39 outstanding early-career researchers from 26 institutions worldwide selected for the fourth annual MLCommons Rising Stars cohort.Aug 20, 2026