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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Admiral (ret) Lisa Franchetti '85, the first woman to serve as U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations, will deliver the 37th Annual Leopold Lecture on the future of the U.S. military. Oct. 8, 4:30 pm, Galvin Recital Hall. Free and open to all. Register: weinberg.northwestern.edu/about/events...

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 10/09/2026

"I'm doing a form of anthropological work that can push our discipline to tell stories that inspire us for the future, but also make us proud of where we came from," shared Craig Stevens, who completed his Anthropology PhD at @weinbergcollege.bsky.social as a Buffett Dissertation Fellow.

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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"What's happening in Evanston is the most important civil rights story that no one has heard of," says Alvin Tillery (@alvintilleryjr.bsky.social), professor of political science and director of Northwestern's Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy.

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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nearly a mile underground in South Dakota, a detector filled with liquid xenon just recorded what physicist Eric Dahl calls the most interesting dark matter signal he's seen in 20 years. While not an official discovery, researchers say it's a big step: news.weinberg.northwestern.edu/2026/09/01/n...

Purple graphic with the quote: "In the 20 years that I've been involved in the search for dark matter, this is the most interesting single event that I've seen." - Eric Dahl, Professor of Physics & Astronomy

Wide shot of the LUX-ZEPLIN detector's main vessel, a large metal cylindrical structure wrapped in reflective insulation and instrumentation cabling, sitting in a bright industrial lab space prior to its installation nearly a mile underground. Researchers covered head to toe in protective gear stand around the structure in discussion.

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 03/08/2026

#1: This fall, @buffett.northwestern.edu will welcome Denise Garcia as the Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor of International Studies at @weinbergcollege.bsky.social. Garcia is a professor of political science at @northeasternu.bsky.social and a founder of its Experiential Robotics Institute.

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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Huge honors for Northwestern cognitive science 🎉 At @cogscisociety.bsky.social's meeting in Rio, Matt Goldrick (@mattgoldrick.bsky.social) won the Elman Prize & professor emeritus Doug Medin won the Rumelhart Prize — the field's top award. 🧠 More: news.weinberg.northwestern.edu/2026/08/13/t...

Robert Glushko, who endowed the Rumelhart Prize, places the Jeffrey L. Elman Prize medal around Matthew Goldrick's neck on stage, with conference signage reading "Cognitive (In)efficiency, Rio de Janeiro" in the background.

Doug Medin shakes hands with Robert Glushko, who endowed the Rumelhart Prize, on stage at the Cognitive Science Society conference, in front of a screen announcing Medin as the winner.

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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Weinberg faculty Omar Farha, Ted Sargent and Ian Low are part of 4 Northwestern-affiliated projects selected for the DOE’s new Genesis Mission — using AI to tackle fusion energy, carbon capture and quantum computing. 🔗 news.weinberg.northwestern.edu/2026/07/23/t... #AIResearch #GenesisMission

Abstract digital illustration representing AI-powered scientific research and data analysis

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Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs @buffett.northwestern.edu · 17/06/2026

How does it feel to be a global citizen in a language that isn't English? Buffett Faculty Fellow Daniel Majchrowicz, Associate Professor of South Asian Literature & Culture at @weinbergcollege.bsky.social, studies Hindi as a global language.

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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Happy 250th, America 🇺🇸 Northwestern historians Daniel Immerwahr, Caitlin Fitz & Kevin Boyle join @katemasur.bsky.social in reflecting on this anniversary — from the "American paradox" of liberty & slavery to the risks of oversimplifying the past: news.weinberg.northwestern.edu/2026/06/19/f...

Quote graphic over a background of the navy section of the American flag with white embroidered stars: "I hope this year's anniversary will be an occasion for thinking about the whole of American history." — Kate Masur, John D. MacArthur Professor of History at Northwestern.

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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Dean Adrian Randolph has announced he will step down as dean of Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences after the 2026–27 academic year, capping more than a decade of leadership at Northwestern. More: news.weinberg.northwestern.edu/2026/06/24/a...

Purple graphic with a quote by Adrian Randolph: “The opportunities ahead for Weinberg College are tremendous, and I look forward to seeing the college continue to thrive in the years to come.“

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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The teenage brain isn't missing anything. It's overflowing with possibility. 🧠 This Mental Health Awareness Month, learn from the researchers leading the Weinberg institute dedicated to helping adolescents flourish: Vijay Mittal (@vijayamittal.bsky.social) and Renee Engeln.

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Teenage brains aren’t broken, they’re ready to flourish

Leaders of new institute for adolescent mental health on how we embrace developing brains

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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

“We’ve all seen ‘Earthrise’ and the ‘Blue Marble’ images a zillion times...” says environmental historian Keith Woodhouse. Perhaps the new Artemis images have re-energized us. “It’s hard not to think about the fragility of planet Earth when you see those photos.” 🌎 #EarthDay

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NASA’s Artemis II returned from the moon just in time for Earth Day

Fresh takes on Apollo’s famous “Earthrise” and “Blue Marble” images showed off our planet’s beauty just weeks before Earth Day

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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Two Weinberg faculty have been named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows by @guggfellows.bsky.social — selected from nearly 5,000 applicants based on prior achievement and exceptional promise. 🎉 🧵 A thread:

Purple flowers outside an ivy-covered Deering Library at Northwestern University. Text reads: "2026 Guggenheim Fellows"

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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Insects are cold-blooded. They can't generate body heat. Except — one can. Northwestern researchers just sequenced the snow fly's genome and found it doing something scientists didn't think insects were capable of. 🔗 More on this intriguing insect: bit.ly/47A9zyn

A snow fly, an insect resembling a yellowish-brown crane fly, sits atop white, sparkling snow crystals.

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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

As SCOTUS prepares to hear arguments Wed. 4/1 in Trump v. Barbara, a new op-ed co-written by Northwestern historian Kate Masur revisits what the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause meant to those who wrote it — and how that history may inform the Court's decision. ⚖️

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Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences @weinbergcollege.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Weinberg College professors Carole LaBonne & Matt Goldrick were just elected Lifetime Fellows of #AAAS! 👏 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4sgKuA8 Congratulations to @labonnelab.bsky.social @mattgoldrick.bsky.social 🎉

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