2019
December
December 13, 2019
Nine Northwestern University students will participate in year-round curriculum, international conference as a part of the 12th annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) program
December 12, 2019
Joint effort will develop solutions related to ecosystem conservation and climate change, expands the scope of ongoing four-year collaboration and impact
December 11, 2019
Study reveals pre-asteroid ocean acidification from volcanic eruptions, providing insights into climate change effects.
November
November 20, 2019
Colin Phillips, a postdoctoral fellow in Northwestern University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a NatureNet Fellow from The Nature Conservancy, is working on developing models that can serve as management tools for river networks globally.
November 15, 2019
ISEN announces the 2019-2020 Cluster Fellows
November 1, 2019
A group of Northwestern first-year and sophomore students traveled to Israel with the Global Engineering Trek (GET) program to better understand the desert
October
October 10, 2019
Sruthi Darbhamulla collaborates with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to study disaster risk reduction, environmentally responsible recovery and reconstruction
September
September 27, 2019
Team of Northwestern researchers are first to document the role chemistry will play in next generation computing and communication
September 25, 2019
Researchers unveiled two new classes of materials designed to remove several toxic contaminants from drinking water
August
August 19, 2019 – from Northwestern Now
US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $24 million in funding for nine research projects to explore and develop new methods of capturing carbon emissions directly from the air
August 7, 2019
Two researchers at Northwestern University, Robert P.H. Chang and Mercouri Kanatzidis, were recently honored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) with the prestigious Ten at Ten Award
July
July 31, 2019
Northwestern Professor Eric Masanet serves as a lead author for the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report chapter "Demand, Services, and Social Aspects of Mitigation"
July 30, 2019
2019 Resnick Family Social Impact Fund recipients will take part in prototype creation, international partnerships, and interdisciplinary collaboration to address critical sustainability and energy challenges
July 12, 2019 – from Northwestern Now
Five Northwestern University professors have been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
July 9, 2019
Approximately eight million metric tons of plastic pollution enter the ocean each year--by 2050, the amount of plastic is expected to exceed fish in the ocean by mass
July 1, 2019
Of the 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics generated since 1950, 79 percent of it has ended up in landfills and ecosystems
May
May 9, 2019 – from Northwestern Magazine
Discovery illuminates how bacteria turn methane gas into liquid methanol
May 7, 2019
Approximately half of all plastic that is produced is designed to be used only once and then thrown away
April
April 24, 2019
Northwestern research reveals increased adoption of electric passenger vehicles could reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality
April 24, 2019
Sustainability forum co-hosted by ISEN and Kellogg School of Management inspires corporate environmental awareness and response
April 10, 2019
Yijan Kang's research at the Flex Lab addresses carbon emissions and fossil fuel depletion through his findings on catalyst
April 9, 2019
Network of researchers from academic, civic, government, and industrial institutions convene to focus on plastic waste impacts and solutions
April 9, 2019 – from Northwestern Now
Northwestern University has been awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2019 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for its exceptional achievements in energy efficiency
March
March 21, 2019 – from KelloggInsight
Klaus Weber, professor at the Kellogg School, argues that companies need to integrate climate change into their business processes and strategies, making it a routine part of decision-making systems
March 21, 2019 – from Northwestern Now
Climate change is affecting the Great Lakes which provide nearly 34 million people with fresh drinking water and jobs
March 18, 2019
Resnick Family Social Impact Program funds new collaborative research on sustainable infrastructure planning
March 6, 2019 – from POLITICO
Professor Monica Prasada argues that the true benefits of carbon taxes are often overlooked in economic analyses that focus solely on costs
February
February 13, 2019
Vidya Venkataramanan collaborated with The Nature Conservancy to study the socio-economic, health impacts of flood mitigation interventions in the Chicago area
February 7, 2019 – from McCormick Engineering News
Northwestern Engineering’s Linda Broadbelt and Wei Chen have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional distinctions awarded to an engineer
February 6, 2019 – from Northwestern Now
Studies from Northwestern researchers reveal the Vikings may have actually enjoyed warm temperatures in Greenland
January
January 24, 2019 – from Northwestern Now
Researchers from Northwestern find little evidence for the "motivated reasoning" explanation on the political divide in the U.S. on climate change beliefs and policies
January 18, 2019
Benjamin Linzmeier, Earth historian, paleontologist, and postdoctoral researcher, deciphers ancient climates through extinct organisms, revealing how past cataclysms shape today's carbon cycle
January 10, 2019
A new era of growth in the field of perovskite solar cells began this month, with the publication of a paper by Professor Mercouri Kanatzidis
January 9, 2019
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's Environmental Advocacy Center and the World Wildlife Fund partner on experiential project on environmental law frameworks in Latin America and the Caribbean