Physicist Awarded Prestigious John Bardeen Prize

Physics and astronomy professor James Sauls has been awarded the 2012 John Bardeen Prize for his contributions to the theory of unconventional superconductivity.

Two Grants to Support Global Health Research

Molecular Bioscientist Andreas Matouschek and two other Northwestern faculty members have received Grand Challenges Explorations awards for research into synthetic biology, which could lead to new ways to combat malaria and other new medical treatments.

Four Weinberg Faculty Awarded for Teaching Excellence

Northwestern University has recognized seven faculty members for teaching excellence, four of them from Weinberg: Brodwyn Fischer (History), Jinah Kim (Asian American Studies), Robert Orsi (Religious Studies/History) and Eric Zaslow (Mathematics).

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Genocide, Followed by Lunch: The Wannsee Conference 70 Years Later
Tuesday, May 15, 4:00-5:30 PM
Mark Roseman, Professor of History and Pat M. Glazer Professor of Jewish Studies Indiana University, will deliver the Theodore Zev Weiss Holocaust Educational Foundation Lecture.

Foucault and the Question of Catholic Identity
Thursday, May 17, 5:00-7:00 PM
Lecture presented by Harvard's Mark D. Jordan, Richard Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Divinity and Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Jordan recently published Recruiting Young Love: How Christians Talk about Homosexuality.

CIERA Colloquium: Single-Photon Array Detectors
Monday, May 21, 4:00-5:00 PM
Single-photon array detectors offer such possibilities as seeing the first stars in the universe and probing the human body through optical transilluminescence.

Art Exhibition: New Work by Antonio Martorell
Tuesday, May 29, 4:30-6:00 PM
Kaplan Institute Artist in Residence Antonio Martorell will display recent work as the culmination of his spring quarter residency at Weinberg. Martorell's work is found in the collections of the Whitney, Museo de Arte de Ponce and, most recently, the Smithsonian.