Sarah Lim
STEM Scholarship Recipient, 2016
Sarah Lim, WCAS, from Bellevue, Wash., is majoring in computer science. She is interested in teaching computer science at the university level, along with research and development of software engineering partnerships with the education technology industry. Sara is committed to education technology and the wide accessibility of computing education initiatives.
Carolyne Guo
STEM Scholarship Recipient, 2016
Carolyne Guo, WCAS, from Niskayuna, N.Y., with a combined BA/MS chemistry major and economics minor, is a second-time Alumnae STEM scholarship winner. A high achiever, she is also the recipient of a Weinberg Summer Undergraduate Research Grant. Carolyne is interested in the pharmaceutical field and has already received a patented innovation for her work. She performs independent research in the lab of Dr. Richard Silverman.
Tasfia Azim
STEM Scholarship Recipient, 2016
Tasfia Azim, McC, from Arlington Heights, Ill., majoring in chemical engineering, wants to become a research pharmacist, hoping to be at the forefront in the development of new drugs. Tasfia is described as “naturally
inquisitive, proactive, reflective, and collaborative.” She is currently working in a student-run synthetic biology lab on a team of eight students, which will represent Northwestern for the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition.
Lisa M. Franchetti, Alumnae Award, 2016
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06 December, 2016 07:03 AM
Mary Weismantel
Curriculum Innovation Award Recipient, 2016
Art of the Ancient Americas
Weismantel’s course will replace Art History 228: Pre-Columbian Art. With an expanded and updated syllabus, this course will allow students to enroll for credit in art history as well as anthropology and Latin American studies.
The class will introduce students to the deep cultural heritage of the Americas through their connection to modern art and architecture. Additionally, the class will allow students to connect with an image-based syllabus rather than relying mainly on text.
“This course fills a lacuna in American education, in which we do not learn the deep history of our own continent” Weismantel said. “Students recognize this and value it.”
Weismantel is eager to respond to student requests for Native American/indigenous studies courses. She also is hopeful that her class will “validate the cultural heritage of many of our students of color, and (give) students from European, Asian and other backgrounds a basic familiarity with Latino, Latin American and Native American culture and history.”
The name of this award was changed in 2019 from Curriculum Development Award to Curriculum Innovation Award.
Ryan Dohoney (photo, Tim Porter)
Curriculum Innovation Award Recipient, 2016
Experimental Music in Theory and Practice
In his course, Dohoney will help students discover U.S. and European experimental traditions in music as both scholars and performers, allowing them to learn from Chicago’s contemporary musical community and from archived works in Northwestern’s Deering Library.
Dohoney has noticed a shift in the current musical landscape. He hopes that his new course will help build a sustainable curriculum that supports the vision of the Bienen Institute for New Music, in addition to helping build a foundation for students’ future musical ventures.
“Over the past three years, I’ve become more involved in the city’s new music scene as a performer and concertgoer,” Dohoney said. “It’s clear that something amazing is happening right now in Chicago. I want (my students) to learn both the history of experimental practice and its living presence in our city.”
Dohoney would like to help students devise career strategies and develop practical skills that will empower them to thrive in the contemporary musical climate by connecting them with historical experimental music traditions and members of Chicago’s experimental music community.
The name of this award was changed in 2019 from Curriculum Development Award to Curriculum Innovation Award.
Gwynne Shotwell, Alumnae Award, 2015
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07 October, 2016 10:43 AM
Centennial Fall Lecture by David Zarefsky is SOLD OUT.
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22 July, 2016 06:45 PM