Inaugural Northwestern Buffett Working Group announced
November 21, 2019
News
This November, we’re embarking on a new way to transform ideas into impact.
November 12, 2019
Thinking and operating on a global scale has become so necessary to research, innovation, and the arts that we sometimes lose sight of how we, as individuals and institutions, can get to that level of complexity.
Welcoming new international students to Northwestern
November 12, 2019
From greeting international graduate and undergraduate students at O’Hare all the way up to the final s’mores picnic on the lakefill, staff from the Office of International Student and Scholar Services (OISS) and campus partners welcomed a new cohort this September.
Faculty in the News
The Many, Tangled American Definitions of Socialism (The New Yorker)
Peter Slevin, journalism
Protests Follow Announcement of Indonesian Election Results (WBEZ)
Jeffrey Winters, political science
Why a Tax the U.S. Hasn’t Embraced Has Found Favor in Much of the World (New York Times)
Seema Jayachandran, economics
Border Hustle: A Father's Decision To Smuggle His Daughter Across The Border (TIME)
Jackie Stevens, political science
How income inequality gives rise to hyper-parenting (Washington Post)
Matthias Doepke, economics
How the United States reinvented empire (The New Republic)
Daniel Immerwahr, history
Faculty Spotlights
- Beth Hurd
Religious studies and political science professor Beth Hurd explains why we need to rethink how the media and the public talk about religion - Brent Huffman
Medill professor Brent Huffman on telling untold stories through documentaries - Will Reno
Political science professor Will Reno explores the politics of violence