Northwestern Now
Counting the many ways Northwestern experts are working to make the world a better place in 2021
Facing no shortage of challenges in 2020 a global pandemic, protests around racial justice and a contentious presidential election Northwestern scholars, researchers and experts have made great breakthroughs, contributions and discoveries.
They’ve found a new way to clean up oil spills, uncovered the limits of free market capitalism in a society with significant inequality, revealed that inside every human is a small amount of star dust and worked to bring equity in education to Chicago children.
Here are several examples of what Northwestern experts are doing now to make the world a better place in the year ahead.