Hassan Mohammad
STEM Scholarship Recipient, 2022
Hassan Mohammad, WCAS, from Skokie, Ill., is on a pre-med track to study the influence that the brain and the mind have on each other. His interest in neuropsychology has led him to research the symptoms and causes of psychosis, movement disorders and depression. Hassan was the valedictorian of his high school class. At Northwestern, he received the Department Excellence Award for Undergraduate Studies and was selected as a Singer Family Scholar.
Miriam Hansen-Erraziqi
STEM Scholarship Recipient, 2022
Miriam (Mimi) Hansen-Erraziqi, WCAS, from Lenexa, KS, is majoring in environmental sciences; her focus in the field is on wildlife conservation and indigenous land rights. Her goal is to become involved in international environmental law and policy. In addition to being on the Dean’s List, Miriam also serves as a research assistant to Dr. Katherine Hoffman in the field of anthropology. Miriam has a cochlear implant that helps her with communications, but mostly she lipreads and learns from visual context.
Victoria Chung
STEM Scholarship Recipient, 2022
Victoria (Vicki) Chung, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (WCAS), from Lawrenceville, GA, is majoring in biological sciences, with a minor in creative writing. She has a love of journalism and passion for biology and the study of life. Her ultimate goal is to attend medical school and become a pediatrician. In high school, Vicki was an AP Scholar and a National Merit Finalist. She also earned the Korean American Student Foundation Scholarship. At Northwestern she attained Dean’s List status and was awarded the Summer Undergraduate Research Assistant award. On campus, she contributes to the Northwestern News Network and does interviews for a podcast.
The Alumnae of NU Awards Four Graduate Fellowships for 2022-2023
pam.james
06 June, 2022 05:38 PM
The Alumnae of Northwestern University has selected four recipients to receive its 2022-23 Graduate Fellowships for graduate-level tuition. The fellowships are awarded to full-time students in terminal master’s degree programs who show promise of achieving distinction in careers that will serve the public good. Criteria for selection include quality of scholarship, leadership, community service, professional experience, and financial need.
Twelve Students Awarded 2022 Alumnae Undergraduate Research Grants
pam.james
31 May, 2022 02:37 PM
The Alumnae's Centennial Endowment funds undergraduate research grants for twelve students for 2022. Click here to read the news release about the students, their sponsors, and the research projects.
Sarah Pritchard, Dean of Libraries, and Carolyn Krulee, president, The Alumnae of Northwestern University
pam.james
25 May, 2022 02:16 PM
The Alumnae honors retiring Sarah Pritchard, Dean of Libraries and Charles Deering McCormick University Librarian, at its luncheon meeting, May 16, 2022.
Read here about Sarah Pritchard's many accomplishments as Dean of Libraries.
Alessandro F. Rotta Loria
pam.james
04 February, 2022 09:35 PM
Alessandro F. Rotta Loria is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering. Rotta Loria will deploy a wireless temperature sensing network in underground environments across the Chicago Loop district that will become a living laboratory for his class “Energy Geostructures and Geosystems” (EGG – CIV_ENV_353).
Alessandro F. Rotta Loria
Curriculum Innovation Award Recipient, 2022
Alessandro F. Rotta Loria is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering. Rotta Loria will deploy a wireless temperature sensing network in underground environments across the Chicago Loop district that will become a living laboratory for his class “Energy Geostructures and Geosystems” (EGG – CIV_ENV_353).
This network will provide a large set of real-world data that students in the EGG course will use to design innovative projects that can harvest renewable geothermal energy and waste thermal energy through the subsurface to meet buildings’ heating, cooling and hot water needs. These projects will be developed virtually but could be realizable immediately, with significant implications for the decarbonization of cities and the building sector at large. In support of this undertaking, Rotta Loria will provide students with cross-disciplinary competence in mechanics, energy and data science.
Rotta Loria’s research is at the intersection of geomechanics, energy and environmental sustainability. His goal is to understand the properties and behavior of soils, rocks, concrete and system thereof in the context of geological energy production and storage.
Northwestern Now, January 31, 2022 | By Lila Reynolds