Alabama native Josh McKenzie knew no one in the Chicago area when he arrived at Northwestern in July 2010 to take on the position of Assistant Director of Leadership Development. “I was so nervous stepping into this very first role because it was a place I’d never been to,” McKenzie said. “It was a role.
Chemistry Prof. Chad Mirkin received the 2023 King Faisal Prize in Medicine and Science, according to a University press release. The award, given out by the King Faisal Foundation, is named after former Saudi Arabian statesman Faisal bin Abdulaziz. A committee of more than 40 specialists, scientists and public figures from 26 countries selected Mirkin..
Josh McKenzie will march through The Arch one last time as assistant dean of students later this month, he announced in an Instagram post Thursday. “I have a never-ending list of memories I won’t forget & people who have impacted my core,” McKenzie wrote in the post. “I will miss the students most of all,.
Mike Raab (Communication ’12, Kellogg ’22) assumed the role of executive director of The Garage in October, following the resignation of the entrepreneurial space’s founder, Melissa Kaufman. Prior to working for The Garage, Raab worked in venture capital for Sinai Ventures in Silicon Valley. He left in 2019 to join The Garage because he wanted.
Two Northwestern professors have been elected to the National Academy of Inventors, the University announced last month. Roozbeh Ghaffari and Daniel Martin Watterson were among 169 fellows elected in 2022, according to a University press release. Ghaffari and Watterson will be inducted with other recently-elected fellows on June 27. Ghaffari, a biomedical engineering professor and.