Fifteen Students Awarded 2026 Alumnae Undergraduate Research Grants

EVANSTON, Ill. -- The Alumnae of Northwestern University is pleased to honor 15 students who have been named as recipients of the Alumnae Undergraduate Research Grants. Funding for these grants comes from The Alumnae’s Centennial Endowment for Undergraduate Research, established in 2016 to commemorate the organization’s 100th anniversary.

Scott Sowerby named The Alumnae's Teaching Professorship 2026-2028

Before each lecture in his popular course Pirates, Guns, and Empires, Scott Sowerby, associate professor of history, plays a recording of a sea shanty; he ends the quarter by singing a comic song about Oliver Cromwell. These are playful examples of the rigorous primary sources that are at the heart of his courses, according to his chair, Kevin Boyle, who describes Sowerby as “quite simply, a superb teacher” who masterfully draws his

"The Beyond: The Vision of Georgia O'Keeffe

"The Beyond: The Vision of Georgia O'Keeffe" is a work in progress, which will be performed from May 29 through May 31, 2026, at the Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts' Hal and Martha Hyer Wallis Theater, 1949 Campus Drive, Evanston campus.  "The new play asks what it means to see as an artist explores through the vision of the monumental American artist Georgia O'Keeffe"

2026 Alumnae of Northwestern University Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients Announced

Xiaowei Wang, Mancosh Pathways to the Professoriate Postdoctoral Fellow in Communication Studies

"Xiaowei Wang’s curricular innovation is an advanced-level undergraduate course called Computing and the Environment (C&E) that will explore the intersection of computing, environmental justice and climate.

2026 Alumnae of Northwestern University Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients Announced

Elizabeth Horn - Associate Professor, Theatre, School of Communication