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We are continually curating a whole-brain network to connect with new partners across the University, the region, and the world.
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We are continually curating a whole-brain network to connect with new partners across the University, the region, and the world.
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How whole-brain thinking revolutionized the McCormick School
of Engineering philosophy, curriculum, and community.
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While not all promising new materials deliver on their potential, spreading bets among them brings out creativity in Northwestern researchers and students.
Northwestern’s center for synthetic biology turns in a blockbuster performance its first year out.
Newly launched Designing Your Life course teaches students how to apply design thinking to life.
Northwestern’s Women in Computing chapter offers academic, networking, and career support for young women interested in tech.
New Bay Area Immersion Experience sends journalists and engineers to America’s startup capital for a true whole-brain experience.
After a long career as a product planner and executive in the automotive industry, Erick Reickert (’58) applied his engineering skills and thinking to circumnavigate the globe.
Airbnb’s VP of Product Joe Zadeh (’03) has used design thinking to help take the startup from obscurity to global brand recognition.
Professor Malcolm MacIver and collaborators studied the fossil record and discovered that fish eyes nearly tripled in size before the creatures made the water-to-land transition.
Kristin Richardson (’09) helps pilot Gogo’s effort for speeding up inflight Wi-Fi performance.
Nathan Learner (’80) brings engineering thinking to the private-equity world.
Senior computer science major Marc Gyongyosi credits his Northwestern experience for helping his robotics startup, Intelligent Flying Machines, get off the ground and up to speed.
Brooke Aldendifer MacLean (’93) delivers happiness to Chicago area healthcare facilities with Random Acts of Flowers.