Women's Center, Northwestern University

EVANSTON CAMPUS EVENTS

Subliminal Smells Bias Perception About a Person's Likeability - Wen Li, a post-doctoral fellow in the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine and lead author of the study.

Seven New Members Join Northwestern Board of Trustees - including Bonnie S. Daniels, director at Management Systems International and Cheryle R. Jackson, president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Urban League, who are also both alumnae.

Martha Biondi on the Impact of a Possible Obama Presidency on Racial Relations: Martha Biondi is an associate professor of African-American Studies at Northwestern University and says an Obama election wouldn’t be an indicator that racism has been eliminated in the United States.

Cristina Traina on Mitt Romney and His Mormon Faith - Cristina Traina is an associate professor of religion at Northwestern University and says the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints views itself as a Christian tradition.

Linda Rubinowitz on Spanking - Linda Rubinowitz is a marriage and family therapist at the Family Institute at Northwestern University and says forms of spanking are currently legal for the most part throughout the United States.

Tenured, Tenure-Track Faculty Approved - including these 25 women: Catherine Belling, assistant professor of medical humanities and bioethics; Chonghui Cheng, assistant professor of medicine, division of hematology-oncology; Lifang Hou, assistant professor of preventative medicine; Xin (Lucy) Liu, assistant professor of pediatrics; Charulata Venkatesan, assistant professor of pediatrics; Nicole Immorlica, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science; Ana Kuzmanic, assistant professor of theatre; Deidre Soyini Madison, professor of performance studies; Dongsun Yim, assistant professor of communication science and disorders; Jeannette Colyvas, assistant professor of learning sciences and human development and social policy; Ana Aparicio, assistant professor of anthropology; Kathryn Bosher, assistant professor of classics; Nathalie Bouzaglo, assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese; Joan Chiao, assistant professor of psychology; Mary Dietz, professor of political science and gender studies; Kyla Ebels Duggan, assistant professor of philosophy; Christine Helmer, professor of religion; Kelly Kaczynski, assistant professor of art theory and practice;Jennifer Lackey, associate professor of philosophy; Noelle Samia, assistant professor of statistics; Anne Sartori, associate professor of political science; Shalini Shankar, assistant professor of anthropology; Nitasha Tamar Sharma, assistant professor of African-American and Asian American Studies; Domietta Torlasco, assistant professor of French and Italian;