TGS Announces Presidential Fellowship Awardees 2010-2012
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the following recipients of the Presidential Fellowship, the most prestigious fellowship awarded by Northwestern University. Recipients of the Presidential Fellowship become part of Northwestern University's Society of Fellows, which enables stellar students from across the University to have interdisciplinary interactions with peers from a range of fields. This year's recipients are: Darja Bamming (Biological Sciences), Tiffany Davis (Mechanical Engineering), Glenn Ford (Mathematics), Meghan Roberts (History), Jennifer Rosen (Sociology), Michael Slater (English), and Alexander Spokoyny (Chemistry). Please see the Presidential Fellows Web site for additional information about this unique opportunity.

Patrick Ryan Wins Graduate Student Award for 60th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering is pleased to announce that Patrick Ryan, a fourth year PhD student, has been selected to attend the 60th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany. This event is an interdisciplinary meeting dedicated to the Laureates in chemistry, physics, medicine/physiology and will give Patrick the opportunity to network with some of the greatest minds in science.

H1N1 Vaccine Available to Northwestern Graduate Students
The University Health Service will be offering H1N1 vaccinations to Northwestern students with valid WildCARDS. It is no longer necessary for students to meet CDC priority criteria in order to obtain vaccination. The availability of the vaccine is limited; graduate students wishing to receive the H1N1 vaccine must schedule an appointment. For more information about the H1N1 vaccine, please visit the University Health Service Web site.

TGS Announces New Dependent Care Grant
The Graduate School is establishing a new Dependent Care Grant in order to assist PhD and MFA student caregivers in participating as fully as possible in the wealth of professional development opportunities available to them in their time at Northwestern. The Grant provides funds to graduate students to offset the financial burdens of dependent care that arise because of a student’s participation in learned society meetings, academic conferences, workshops or other events on Northwestern’s campus or beyond, that extend beyond the normal academic responsibilities of the student’s home department or of The Graduate School. Graduate students interested in learning more about - and applying for - the Dependent Care Grant can access the application guidelines and form online.

Economics
Aaron Sojourner

Aaron Sojourner, a PhD student in economics and a fellow in the Multidisciplinary Program in Education Science, aims to generate new insights by applying rigorous economic analysis to issues of importance across academic and policy communities. In one project, he works with a team of economists and human development experts to explore how investments in children at different ages pay off and what this implies for the optimal timing of public, early-childhood investments. The project uses a mix of experimental and non-experimental data. In a second project, he develops more credible ways to measure the social value of reducing public risks. Conventional methods rely on unrealistic, overly-strong assumptions and may misguide policy makers using them for cost-benefit analysis. Sojourner’s approach reveals the range of values consistent with the data under more credible assumptions. For additional information, please visit the Department of Economics