Academic Enrichment RFP 2025-2026
Deadline
Tuesday, April 8th 2025
The Alumnae of Northwestern University awards $125,000 in grants for Northwestern University projects.
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04 May, 2016 08:47 PM
Academic Enrichment Awards, Spring 2016
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04 May, 2016 06:47 AM
HONOR A NORTHWESTERN PROFESSOR Form
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24 March, 2016 11:20 AM
2015-16 STEM Scholars Are Announced
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24 July, 2015 03:37 PM
Three Northwestern Alumnae Granted 2015-16 Graduate Fellowships by The Alumnae of Northwestern University
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29 May, 2015 09:32 AM
Laura Stoughton, Maris Maeve O'Tierney and Anna Leenay are named Alumnae Graduate Fellows for 2015-16. Click the attachment below to read more about these outstanding women.
3D Humanities Series
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27 March, 2025 11:16 AM
Open to the Northwestern University community and the public.
The Series relates to School of Communication Professor Thomas DeFrantz's annual spring 2025 Performance and Technology class.
Four are Named as Recipients of the 2025 Alumnae Curriculum Award
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24 February, 2025 02:35 PM
Read the complete article from Northwestern NowThe faculty recipients are: Claudia Quevedo-Webb, César Hoyos Álvarez, María Jesús Barros García and Spencer Striker.
One new curriculum uses virtual reality to promote intercultural understanding (Claudia Quevedo-Webb, César Álvarez, and María Jesús Barros García), and the other is a new curriculum developed by Spencer Striker "AI for Enhanced Creative Production".
Spencer Striker
Curriculum Innovation Award Recipient, 2025
The following is an excerpt from Northwestern Now.
"The future of digital media design
Spencer Striker is an associate professor of digital media design at Northwestern Qatar.
His curricular innovation is to integrate creative production curriculum with NU-Q’s AIM Lab research to advance human centered AI innovation in media, creative production and digital communication.
By incorporating AI tools across various courses and leveraging AIM Lab's research infrastructure and partnerships, Striker seeks to establish a sustainable model for long-term innovation in creative technology education that will benefit NU-Q students for years to come.
In Game Design, students will explore content generation and AI-assisted level design, while focusing on core gameplay principles. Animation courses will balance traditional principles of movement and timing with emerging AI tools for character animation and style transfer. Sound Design will integrate AI audio synthesis with acoustic theory, and Web Design will investigate AI-driven interface generation within the framework of user-centered design principles.
Striker joined Northwestern in 2019. His work focuses on designing game-based learning experiences, immersive VR simulations, and generative AI-driven production pipelines that bridge storytelling with educational impact."
María Jesús Barros García
Curriculum Innovation Award Recipient, 2025
The following is an excerpt from Northwestern Now.
"Cultural immersion within the classroom
Claudia Quevedo-Webb, César Enrique Hoyas Álvarez, and María Jesús Barros García, all faculty members in the Spanish and Portuguese department at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, have begun using VR technology to create cultural immersion learning experiences for students within the Northwestern classroom.
Although study abroad experiences are recognized for developing critical intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in language learners, not all students can study abroad, and if they do, they may not have the opportunity to take part in cultural practices.
The team's curricular innovation utilizes VR to immerse students in various scenarios and real-life situations. Paired with classroom discussions, cultural comparisons, and self-reflection, this approach helps students develop cultural competence and a deeper appreciation for different cultures.
Quevedo-Webb’s research focuses on using new technologies in the language classroom and diversity and inclusion practices. She joined Northwestern in 2022.
Hoyos Álvarez joined Northwestern in 2022. His research centers around the application of critical pedagogies and addresses the need for more inclusive learning environments that cater to the linguistic and socio-affective needs of emergent bilinguals.
Barros García joined Northwestern in 2018. Her research focuses on intercultural pragmatics, politeness theory and second language acquisition."