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PhD Application Feedback Program Aims to Increase Diversity in CS Graduate Programs
Professor Fabian Bustamante launched the feedback program in 2020 to provide guidance to prospective PhD students applying to any computer science program in the country.Oct 3, 2025
Wilensky Named 2025 Yidan Prize Winner
This year’s prize, honoring Professor Uri Wilensky, spotlights changemakers advancing complex systems literacy and multilingual education.Oct 1, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Wearable Sensors Could Reshape Obesity Treatment
A team led by Professor Nabil Alshurafa developed a groundbreaking lifestyle medicine program that uses three wearable sensors to capture real-world overeating behavior, providing a foundation for personalized interventions.Sep 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
McCormick Alumni Kosmowski, Morey Named University Trustees
Christina Kosmowski, the CEO of LogicMonitor, and Daryl Morey, the president of the 76ers’ basketball operations, are joining the University’s Board of Trustees along with Weber Shandwick Collective CEO Susan Howe.Sep 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern Engineering Names Winners of 2025 Cole-Higgins Awards
Joshua D’Arcy, Izzy Grosof, Jeremy Keys, Amjed Shafique, and Robert Linsenmeier received the school’s annual awards for outstanding teaching and advising.Sep 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Law Schools Embrace AI
It’s not clear how generative AI will reshape the job market for new lawyers in the coming years, but Professor Dan Linna Jr. told Inside Higher Ed that law schools are increasingly focused on deepening students’ understanding of the technology’s potential and limitations.Aug 29, 2025|from Inside Higher Ed
The Best Tips and Tricks to Spot AI
AI image generators are getting better and better. Professor V.S. Subrahmanian shares with Rolling Stone a few ways to stay ahead of them … for now.Aug 28, 2025|from Rolling Stone
Northwestern Computer Science Recognizes Faculty Promotions
Newly promoted faculty include Christos Dimoulas, Miklos Racz, and Xiao Wang.Aug 28, 2025
Northwestern CS Welcomes New Faculty Members
Beginning this fall, four new tenure-track, clinical, and visiting faculty will join the department.Jul 21, 2025
Strong Northwestern Presence at EC’25
Northwestern Engineering faculty and students participated in the annual forum for advances in theory, empirics, and applications at the interface of economics and computation.Jul 17, 2025
Adobe Research Visits Northwestern
Three leaders from Adobe Research met with Northwestern students and faculty members to discuss potential research collaborations and engagement.Jul 8, 2025
Edith Elkind Joins Computing Community Consortium Council
Northwestern Engineering's Edith Elkind joins the council of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) this month.Jul 2, 2025|from Computing Community Consortium
Northwestern Scientists Launch Projects Using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
McCormick Professors Emma Alexander, Han Liu, Aravindan Vijayaraghavan, and Aggelos Katsaggelos will work on projects that include developing new AI tools and studying the universe’s deepest secrets.Jun 25, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Justice at Stake as Generative AI Enters the Courtroom
AFP News spoke with Professor Dan Linna Jr. about the prevalence of the new technology in the legal world.Jun 18, 2025|from AFP News (via Barron's)
Sam Kriegman Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
By generalizing the optimization techniques of artificial neural networks to the design of robots, Kriegman and his team aim to evolve novel robots with important new capabilities that are difficult or impossible to design by hand.Jun 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News