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The hilarious and easily recognizable Richard Kind ’78 is well known for playing brash and unorthodox characters on TV, such as Vince Fish on Only Murders in the Building and the insufferable Cousin Andy on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Historian Margaret Pugh O’Mara ’92 explains how Big Tech’s unprecedented influence in American politics is reshaping the country — and what lessons from history can tell us about this current moment.
Professor Jonathan Rivnay and his team have designed biohybrid implantable devices that can manufacture and dispense medicine on demand from within the body. These “living pharmacies” could have broad applications, delivering therapies for illnesses such as cancer, diabetes and more.
The Northwestern Alumni Association bestows its greatest honor, the Alumni Medal, on four alumni for their professional achievement and service to the University.
Interdisciplinary teams of Northwestern scholars are working tirelessly every day on the foundational science that could help us live longer and healthier lives in a cleaner, more sustainable world. They ask big questions, follow their instincts and analyze data to solve tough problems and turn bold ideas into real solutions.
Northwestern computer scientist and artificial intelligence pioneer Kris Hammond has dedicated his career to studying and developing AI tools. He approaches AI with cautious optimism that it can be our partner — not replacement — in a new information age.
The Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts’ production of Man of La Mancha put a timely twist on one of the world’s most frequently staged musicals. Directed by theater department chair Henry Godinez, the play was set not in a Spanish prison but in a modern-day detention center.
Professors Eli Finkel ’97 and Nour Kteily have spent years working to understand — and find solutions to — polarization, misperception and conflict. In February 2024 they co-founded the Center for Enlightened Disagreement, an innovative University-wide research hub, to bring together leading thinkers, conduct research and help us all have healthier conversations.
Materials scientist Cécile Chazot and her team are striving to boost the functionality of polymers and design new, more sustainable materials — ones that not only are functional and high-performing but also can be manufactured with a far lower carbon footprint and recycled more easily.
President Michael H. Schill reflects on his belief in and commitment to the mission of higher education.
