Featured News & Announcements
Sounds Can Penetrate Deep Sleep and Enhance Associated Memories
The recent study substantiates the literature showing that the brain is very busy during sleep, going over recently acquired information and integrating it with other knowledge in a mysterious consolidation process that sustains our memory abilities when awake.
Historian Counters Myths About the Holocaust
Speaking to an audience including family members of Holocaust survivors, Weinberg historian Peter Hayes discussed eight common Holocaust myths and misconceptions.
Silverman Hall to Encourage Medical Discoveries
The Richard and Barbara Silverman Hall for Molecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics, a new Evanston campus building that will encourage discoveries in multiple scientific disciplines, was dedicated November 12.
Some Earthquake Aftershocks Two Centuries Old
Research led by professor Seth Stein shows that most Midwestern temblors are aftershocks of major earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone that struck almost 200 years ago.
Western, Individualistic Cultures More Prone to Depression
A genetic vulnerability to depression is much more likely to be realized in a Western culture than an East Asian culture that is more about we than me, me, me, according to a recent study led by Weinberg psychologist Joan Chiao.
Three Faculty Writers Featured in Literary Magazine
Works by Stuart Dybek, Aleksandar Hemon and Alex Kotlowitz appear in the current issue of Granta, which showcases Chicago's vitality as a city of writers and writing. The magazine's site features a video discussion with Hemon and Dybek.
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Event Highlights
Riding Three Horses and First Comes the Synthesis: Pursuing the Unimaginable
Friday, November 20, 2:30-5:30 PM
Brian Hoffman and Mercouri Kanatzidis inaugural lectures as Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professors of Chemistry, addressing the mechanism of "Nitrogen Fixation" by the enzyme nitrogenase and materials design breakthroughs, respectively.
The Green Gold Rush: Considering a 'Green Economy'
Wednesday, December 2, 7:30-9 PM
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., offers a bold vision to restore U.S. economic might, safeguard our environment, and reestablish America's role as an exemplary nation.
Two Evenings of Chinese Performing Arts
Chinese vocal and opera acts, folk dances, acrobatic acts and instrumental performances by contemporary Chinese masters and other performers from some of the finest academies in China.
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From the Dean's Office
Weinberg Recipients of External Fellowships
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