Journalists and scholars may speak different languages, but a recent IPR/Medill panel made the case that they need each other now more than ever.
Moderated by IPR Associate Director Laurel Harbridge-Yong, the discussion featured Medill Dean Charles Whitaker and faculty Louise Kiernan and Natalie Moore sharing hard-won advice on how researchers can get their findings out there: Don’t wait to be found. Write op-eds, build relationships with reporters, and yes, maybe even start that YouTube channel.
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The purple tulips and hyacinths dotting Northwestern’s campus signal the arrival of spring—and of faculty awards. Sera Young received a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship, while Sally Nuamah was tapped as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Charles Manski was awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, and Martin Naunov and Chika Okafor won Russell Sage Foundation Pipeline Grants—highlighting major strides in policy-relevant research on water access, democratic participation, scientific uncertainty, and more.
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How does the world we live in get written into our bodies? Join IPR Visiting Scholar Bridget Goosby, a professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, for an in-person talk on May 18 exploring her research on the social factors driving health disparities. Register here.
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From assimilation to jobs to crime, debates over immigration repeat across centuries—but what does the evidence show? Revisit this 2023 research round-up that draws on 150 years of data and challenges many common beliefs. IPR researchers find that compared to U.S.-born peers, immigrants are less likely to be incarcerated, more likely to start businesses, and more likely to see their children climb the economic ladder.
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Faculty Insights
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