Fall classes end

Thanksgiving vacation begins 6 p.m.

Fall examinations begin (all remote)

Are you interested in leveraging the power of biological systems to enable technological breakthroughs in medicine, materials, and chemicals? Join us for the webinar.

Wednesday, December 2 | 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CST

Join Northwestern University's Corporate Engagement team for a webinar on Synthetic Biology, led by Dr. Michael Jewett, PhD, the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Director of the Center for Synthetic Biology at Northwestern University.

Registration is required to attend this free webinar. Upon registration, you will receive a link that is unique to your email address, so please do not share it. The webinar will be recorded and shared with all those who have registered.

Speaker Bio:

Michael Jewett is the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Director of the Center for Synthetic Biology at Northwestern University. Dr. Jewett received his PhD in 2005 at Stanford University, completed postdoctoral studies at the Center for Microbial Biotechnology in Denmark and the Harvard Medical School, and was a guest professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich).

He is the recipient of the NIH Pathway to Independence Award in 2009, David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering in 2011, the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2011, Camille-Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award in 2015, the ACS Biochemical Technologies Division Young Investigator Award in 2017, and a Finalist for the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, Life Sciences Category in 2019. Additionally, Jewett has co-founded 5 start-up companies (e.g., SwiftScale Biologics, Stemloop, Inc., Design Pharmaceuticals).

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Join Northwestern’s Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design (HCI+D) for an engaging conversation about the past, present, and future of design. Over the last 10 months, the Beyond Computers and Cognition group has met weekly to discuss pluriversal design. Moderated by Northwestern University Professor Elizabeth Gerber, this panel will share their similar and differing perspectives and a call to action for the design community.

Hear from leaders in the field including:

Arturo Escobar - Author of Designs for Pluriverse; professor emeritus of anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Fernando Flores - Co-author of Understanding Computers and Cognition; founder of Pluralistic Networks

Don Norman - Author of The Design of Everyday Things; professor emeritus of computer science, Northwestern Engineering; co-founder, Segal Design Institute and master’s Engineering Design Innovation program; founding and current chair of the cognitive science department, University of California, San Diego

B. Scot Rousse - Director of research at Pluralistic Networks, visiting scholar at University of California, Berkeley

Terry Winograd - Author of Bringing Design to Software; co-author of Understanding Computers and Cognition; professor emeritus of computer science, Stanford University

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GAIN CRITICAL SKILLS WITH THE
MASTER OF PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

Join us for an online information session to learn how you can become a senior leader in creating advanced and ground-breaking new products with the Master of Product Design and Development Management at Northwestern (mpd2).

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Fall examinations end

REGISTER NOWDEVELOP NEW CONCEPTS USING A HUMAN-CENTERED APPROACH

Are you looking to solve complex problems through design thinking? Join our online information session to learn how a Master of Science in Engineering Design Innovation (EDI) from Northwestern will prepare you to lead cross-functional teams and design groundbreaking new products and services.

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Fall Degrees Conferred

Winter Recess - University Closed