Art and AI rendezvous in surrealist exhibit
Posted March 29, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 Famous surrealists of the 20th century often engaged in an activity dubbed “exquisite corpse;” dividing a paper into...Profile Drew Scott
Thomas Mann exhibit: What does it take to defend democracy from fascism?
Posted February 1, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 This quarter, the German department is working closely with Northwestern Libraries to bring a new exhibit to campus...
Privacy Research Shows Hesitancy Sharing Data
Posted January 27, 2023
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 January 28 marks Data Privacy Day, which commemorates the 1981 signing of Convention 108, the first legally binding...
Travel grants put scholars in touch with rarest collections
Posted January 25, 2023
A pilot project issuing travel grants to far-flung scholars for visiting Northwestern Libraries collections in person was such a success for the 2022-2023 academic...
World Cup exhibit pulls artifacts from 2010 event, but speaks to 2022
Posted December 12, 2022
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 Though the World Cup is half a world away, one graduate student at Northwestern is bringing the international...
Red, read wine: How librarians support research through evidence synthesis
Posted November 15, 2022
A research method used predominantly in health sciences to synthesize a wide range of information is increasingly finding its way into the social sciences...
Libraries’ first grant for undergraduate research supports Native American studies
Posted November 15, 2022
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 After over a year of planning, the Libraries’ debuted a research grant last summer designed to support undergraduates...
AI search is here. Go back to typing full sentences, please.
Posted November 15, 2022
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 Typing full questions into a search function is usually a sign that a person is out of touch,...
Repository for large datasets fills gap in open-access services
Posted November 15, 2022
By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 Northwestern boasts over 23,000 students, almost 4,000 academic staff, and 11 schools all of which are constantly contributing...