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Sanjay Sood to Speak at PhD Hooding and Master’s Degree Recognition Ceremony

Sood, senior vice president and chief technology officer at CDW, will speak to graduates and their families during a ceremony on December 14 at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.
Nov 25, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

Chicago Students Explore Industrial Engineering During Campus Visit

Chicago Math and Science Academy students discovered career possibilities and campus life during a recent trip to Evanston.
Nov 25, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

John A. “Mac” McQuown, Northwestern Alumni Medalist and Benefactor, Dies at 90

An entrepreneur, financial innovator, and philanthropist, McQuown made an impact on sustainability, environmentalism and engineering research.
Oct 25, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

Christina Kosmowski, Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen Honored with IEMS Distinguished Alumni Award

Kosmowski and Shen were recognized during an October 18 ceremony that included remarks from University President Michael Schill.
Oct 25, 2024

Nelson Wins 2024 Saul Gass Expository Writing Award

The award honors a researcher whose publications demonstrate a consistently high standard.
Oct 24, 2024

Finding Common Ground in a Divided World

An author, lawyer, and First Amendment scholar, John Inazu spoke about the art of respectful disagreement at an October 8 event sponsored by the Personal Development StudioLab.
Oct 17, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

Hani Mahmassani Named 2024 INFORMS Fellow

Mahmassani was recognized for contributions to transportation science and leadership in the field.
Oct 1, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

Northwestern to Lead $20 Million National AI Research Institute in Astronomy

With Professor Aggelos Katsaggelos as co-principal investigator, the SkAI Institute will develop AI tools and accelerate astronomy’s data-driven revolution.
Sep 18, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

Two McCormick Alumni Named University Trustees

Jack Kang (’90) and Rodney Priestley (’05 MS, ’08 PhD) are two of three additions to the University’s Board of Trustees.
Sep 11, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

Northwestern IEMS Earns High Rankings from US News

Established in 1958, the IEMS department collaborates with 25 other departments.
Sep 4, 2024

Yian Yin Reflects on “Profoundly Influential” Time at Northwestern

Yin earned his PhD in 2022 and was recently named in Forbes’ 2024 ’30 Under 30’ in the science category for his work developing tools to understand technological advancement.
Sep 3, 2024

Faculty Awarded $20 Million Grant from National Science Foundation

The Kellogg-McCormick research program will work on measuring, understanding, predicting, and accelerating technology innovations.
Aug 1, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

Noshir Contractor Named Executive Director of Web Science Trust

Contractor, an expert in web science, network science, and computational social science, will help lead the UK-based charity’s efforts to promote understanding, through education and research, of how the Web shapes society and how society, in turn, shapes the Web.
Jun 20, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

Sheila Gujrathi Tells Her Story to Graduating Seniors

Gujrathi, a biotechnology entrepreneur and executive, healthcare investor, and drug developer with more than 25 years of experience, and Dean Christopher Schuh spoke at the 2024 Undergraduate Convocation on June 10.
Jun 11, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News

Grace Wang Tells Graduates to Think Big, Value Others, and Themselves

Wang, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Dean Christopher Schuh spoke at the 2024 PhD Hooding and Master’s Recognition Ceremony on June 10.
Jun 11, 2024|from Northwestern Engineering News
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