- MSLOC Student Christine Leung Named Education Pioneers Fellow
Christine Leung, a student in the Master of Science in Learning and Organizational Change (MSLOC) program, was recently awarded an Education Pioneers Fellowship to intern in Boston for CityYear.
5/12/08 - Senior Receives Award for Research on British Religious Education
Priya Fielding-Singh, a senior in social policy, won the award for Best Social Sciences Poster Presentation at the Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium (CAURS) on April 26. She also won a fellowship for a German exchange program.
5/5/08 - Service Learning Students Receive Alumnae Grant
SESP sophomore Jane Wong and junior Bradford Whitman received a grant from the Alumnae of Northwestern for their service learning project to initiate a peer jury system in Evanston middle schools.
5/6/08 - Amanda Dixon (BS07), Whitney Eulich (BS05) Win Rotary Scholarships
SESP alumnae Whitney Eulich (BS05) and Amanda Dixon (BS07) were awarded Rotary Ambassadorial scholarships.
5/12/08 - Greg Duncan's Book Higher Ground Wins Lester Prize
Higher Ground: New Hope for the Working Poor and Their Children by SESP professor Greg Duncan and co-authors Aletha Huston and Thomas Weisner was awarded the Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations published in 2007.
5/13/08 - Sports on the Moon? High School Students Explain How It's Done
Ninety Chicago high school students presented their science projects to real-life scientists and science graduate students when they and their teachers visited Northwestern and toured science labs on May 13.
5/19/08 - Camillia Matuk Wins Two Fellowships for Work on Evolution
Within two days, Learning Sciences doctoral student Camillia Matuk was awarded two graduate fellowships — a Northwestern University Cognitive Science Graduate Fellowship and a doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
5/20/08 - Scott Wolf (BS04) Chosen Teacher of the Year for Silicon Valley
Scott Wolf (BS04), a fourth-grade teacher at Arbuckle Elementary School in San Jose, California, was selected as the 2007–08 Teacher of the Year for Silicon Valley.
5/26/08 - 8 SESP Students National Lacrosse Champions
Eight SESP students are members of the women's lacrosse team that took its fourth straight national title on May 25.
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