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Robert Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald Wins Academic All-American Honors

February 09, 2026

Northwestern redshirt junior safety Robert Fitzgerald earned College Sports Communicators First Team Academic All-American honors. Fitzgerald, who is studying learning and organizational change, is the first Wildcat football student-athlete to receive Academic All-America honors since Josh Priebe was named to the first team in 2023

Emotional Well-Being in a Wired World

February 05, 2026

Smartphones and social media are making our emotional lives “choppier” by speeding up and intensifying the information we receive, stress researcher Emma Adam said during a recent Northwestern University conference on social and emotional well-being in a digital world.

Juniper Shelley: Around the World in 70 Days

February 04, 2026

Juniper Shelley once thought the “cool” research happened in windowless STEM labs, not in the social sciences. But after joining Professor Sally Nuamah’s lab, she realized research can also mean getting out into the world, talking to people, and exploring challenging questions.

Learning in Places

Research-Practice Partnerships: Stories of Impact

February 03, 2026

The National Network of Research-Practice Partnerships in Education highlighted the impact of a School of Education and Social Policy initiative as part of its annual look at the work of members.

Carrie Tzou

Carrie Tzou Joins SESP Faculty

January 27, 2026

Alumna Carrie Tzou (PhD08), whose career has focused on helping students and educators feel connected to science and place-based learning, has joined Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy as a professor of learning sciences and associate dean.

Block Associates

Undergrads Named Block Student Associates

January 19, 2026

Undergraduates Keya Soni Chaudhuri and Symone Harris have been named to the 2025-2026 cohort of Block Museum Student Associates at Northwestern University.

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Lilah Shapiro

Belief Meets Evidence

Fall 2025

In a world shaped by divisive social media, misinformation, and political polarization, Shapiro helps students think carefully and critically about complicated topics, from gun ownership and religion to antisemitism.

The Drive to Save National Service

The Drive to Save National Service

Fall 2025

From campus roots to national impact, Kosman built America Learns to help the helpers—and to keep service alive when it matters most.

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