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Attend a Navigating the US Sociopolitical Context in Higher Education facilitated workshop on Nov. 11 from 4:30–6:00 PM @ TGS Commons. This program will educate/empower you to successfully engage in sensitive conversations & navigate interpersonal dynamics: forms.tgs.northwestern.edu/view.php?id=...
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Apply for the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Named in honor of Dr. Edward Alexander Bouchet, the Society celebrates scholars who embody the highest ideals of scholarship, leadership, character, service, & advocacy. Apply by Nov. 14: www.tgs.northwestern.edu/success/rete...
October 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TGS was proud to induct 8 new Presidential Fellows into the Society of Fellows on Monday. We celebrated the newest fellows and heard an evocative and moving presentation by 1st-year Fellow Natalia Molebatsi titled “Time Travel Poetics: Black Feminist Poetry Performance & Geographies of Liberation.”
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Peter Carlson is a PhD student in the Dept of Chemistry @ Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, investigating how a molecule’s electrons interact w/ its atomic structure during a chemical reaction using ultrafast laser spectroscopy: www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
October 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Attend virtual Fall 2025 Mentoring Up + Down Workshops for PhD students! Learn more and register by Sunday, October 19: forms.tgs.northwestern.edu/view.php?id=...
October 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Congratulations to the honorable mention for our third Annual Brooke L. Blower and Sarah T. Phillips Essay Prize winner: Jan Michael at @tgsatnu.bsky.social for "The Boundaries of Power: How Posse Comitatus Sought to Dismantle the U.S. State."

Look for the article in a future issue of MAH!
October 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Ryan Forelli is a PhD student in Computer Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering. His research focuses on building faster, smarter, and more adaptable AI systems to support high-speed scientific experimentation: www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
September 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) 2025!

During the week of Monday, September 15 – Friday, September 19, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) invites all postdoctoral scholars to join us in celebrating NPAW!
September 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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CRS Training Grant in Reproductive Science, Medicine and Technology is Accepting Applications!

Applications are due September 22, 2025!

Learn more: www.crs.northwestern.edu/education/t3...

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September 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jenny Bartloff is a postdoctoral fellow at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab and the Feinberg School of Medicine. Her research focuses on developing technology to improve walking for people with neurologic conditions. Learn more here: www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
September 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Madeline Melzer is a PhD candidate in the Driskill Graduate Program and Department of Cell & Developmental Biology at @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social, researching how cells survive disruption, including genetic mutations & cancer treatments. www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
August 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Amanda Ziyi Fu is a PhD candidate in the Dept of Political Science @ Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences studying early 1900s East Asian women who challenged imperialism by turning relationships, marriage, & family into building blocks for political change. www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
August 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Why does Northwestern research matter to you? Share your #ResearchMatters story. Northwestern invites everyone to share their perspectives on why research matters to you and how research has impacted your community. Add your own perspective now: www.northwestern.edu/research-nu/...
August 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Jakob Reinke is a PhD candidate in the Dept of Materials Science & Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering. His research focuses on finding better, cheaper materials that can make hydrogen-based energy systems more efficient, durable, and scalable: www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
August 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Casandra “Clover” Moisanu is a PhD candidate in the Dept of Chemistry @ Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. They create complex molecular materials by combining charged molecules using a donut-shaped molecule called calix[4]pyrrole to hold them in place.
www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
July 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
TGS Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Success (GPS) is accepting applications from 3rd- through 5th-year graduate students for the 9-month paid GPS Graduate Internship. Apply by the priority deadline of Friday, August 1.

www.tgs.northwestern.edu/success/fund...
July 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Akash Pandey is a PhD candidate in the Dept of Mechanical Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering. He develops explainable deep-learning models to study and predict protein behavior, uncovering the drivers of traits like stability and strength. www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
July 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Congratulations to Ray Buckner, a doctoral candidate in religious studies, for being named a 2025 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow. Learn more here: Buckner is one of 20 fellows from this year's prestigious cohort. bit.ly/44BuCzw
July 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Alex Evenchik is a PhD candidate in the Dept of Materials Science/Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering. He designs & 3D prints muscle-like materials for use in robotics to enhance prosthetics, agriculture, & human-machine interaction. www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
July 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Madison Bardot is a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. In her research, she works with a new class of materials to create strong and flexible chain mail-shaped polymers. Learn more here: www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
July 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Big congrats to CIERA PhD students Miguel Ceja, Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas & Dean Kousiounelos on winning 2025 NSF GRFPs! Their work spans quantum sensors, galaxy evolution & gravitational waves. bit.ly/3IaeWdJ #Astrophysics #CIERA #STEM #NSF
Three CIERA PhD Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
The 2025 awardees of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) include three CIERA members: Miguel Ceja, Nathalie Korhonen Cuestas and Dean Kousiounelos! The ...
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July 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Kyla Knauf is a PhD candidate in the Department of Plant Biology and Conservation in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. She researches the effects of early snowmelt on plant reproduction.

Learn more in our Spotlight Series here: www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
July 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Abdul Latif Bamba is a PhD candidate in the Electrical Engineering Department in the McCormick School of Engineering. His research centers on nanophotonics—particularly the ways in which light interacts with nanoparticles.
www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
June 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Caylee Silvers is a first-year PhD student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences in the Feinberg School of Medicine. She is a recipient of the prestigious Ryan Fellowship.

Learn more in our Spotlight Series here: www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
June 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Simone Cambridge is a PhD student in the Department of Art History in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Partly inspired by her late grandmother’s writings, her recent work focuses on the history of craft and textiles in the Black Caribbean diaspora: www.tgs.northwestern.edu/about/our-pe...
June 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM