Woodruff Visits White House for Award

Teresa Woodruff, the Thomas J. Watkins Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, received the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring at the White House from President Barack Obama for a Northwestern Medicine program called the Women's Health Science Program for High School Girls and Beyond. The program mentors urban minority high-school girls for college and careers in science and health.
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Graduate Wins Rhodes Scholarship

Sarah Smierciak, who graduated in 2011 from Northwestern University summa cum laude, won a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious international fellowships in the world, Saturday, Nov. 19.

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Manglano-Ovalle Wins $50,000 USA Fellow Award

Artist and Northwestern University Professor Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle --who once created a video installation block party in one of Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods -- was named a USA Fellow this week. With awards of $50,000, the fellowships are given each year to 50 outstanding visual, literary and performing artists.

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Student Investigation Calls Into Question Murder Conviction

The 1998 murder conviction of a Chicago man who to date has served 13 years in prison is called into question in an in-depth article by Northwestern University students published by the Medill Innocence Project.

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