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The next XR breakthrough lies in fundamentally reimagining how virtual world systems understand, represent, and embody the humans within them. Northwestern was awarded funding from Google to support Prof. Karan Ahuja’s SpatialAvatar project. spr.ly/6015N2Su7

🎉 Congratulations to Professor Yiji Zhang on being inducted into the Canvas Hall of Fame! Nominated by Northwestern students, Zhang won the “Most Innovative Course Site” award for COMP_SCI 211: Fundamentals of Computer Programming II. 🎉 spr.ly/601948Rn1

The Applied AI for Software Development course reflects our philosophy of training students how to think computationally, approach problems from an algorithmic and systems perspective, and understand the evolving layers of the software and hardware stack. spr.ly/601648R9o

Marko Veljanovski ('25) graduates with a bachelor’s degree in CS and a double major in mathematics. He will begin a PhD in CS at the University of Michigan this fall. Congratulations, Marko! #NU2025 spr.ly/60194G7pd

Natalie Hill ('25) graduates this month with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a minor in machine learning and data science. She will join MongoDB in New York City as a software engineer this fall. Congratulations, Natalie! #NU2025 spr.ly/60164yRty

Rachel Yao ('25) graduates with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a minor in machine learning and data science. Congratulations, Rachel! #NU2025 spr.ly/60164JcGG

Northwestern has launched an institutional network dedicated to the integration of data science and AI across all aspects of research and education. McCormick's V.S. Subrahmanian will serve as a founding co-director. spr.ly/60134JWnZ

Bennett Lindberg ('25) graduates with a bachelor’s degree in computer science. He will join Motorola Solutions as a software engineer in the Secure Products Group. Congratulations, Bennett! #NU2025 spr.ly/60164K78I

Ethan Pineda graduates with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a minor in Latina and Latino studies from Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He will join Salesforce as a software engineer. Congratulations, Ethan! #NU2025 spr.ly/60184zzm2

Nathan Pruyne ('25) graduates with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, a second major in music technology, and a minor in sound design. He will start a PhD in CS in the Generative Creativity Lab Carnegie Mellon University. Congratulations, Nathan! #NU2025 spr.ly/60124M1Wq

In the Foundations of Security and Data Privacy courses, Professor Sruti Bhagavatula emphasizes the need for “security by design,” incorporating security and privacy best practices throughout the design and development lifecycle. spr.ly/60134RvdN

We welcomed three leaders from Adobe Research to Northwestern's Evanston campus on June 10 and 11 to discuss potential research collaborations and engagement with faculty and students. spr.ly/60134sihH

"My goal is to give people more tools to experience meaningful learning, and to show that learning can take new forms," says Professor Marcelo Worsley in a recent interview with Annie Brookman-Byrne of BOLD.

"Our presence at ACM EC 2025 highlights the amazing strength of Northwestern in the CS+Economics space and is also a model for what CS+X interdisciplinarity can be when executed masterfully and strategically,” says Professor Samir Khuller. spr.ly/6012fBXeC

📢 Beginning this fall, four new tenure-track, clinical, and visiting faculty members will join our department! 📢 We are thrilled to welcome Shaddin Dughmi, Sidhanth Mohanty, Lydia Tse, and Ruohan Zhang! Meet the newest members of our team: spr.ly/6019fGdXv

Excited that Ruohan Zhang is joining NU Northwestern University Computer Science ! If you are thinking about pursuing a PhD, definitely reach out to him! During my wonderful year at Stanford AI Lab Stanford Vision and Learning Lab, when I was completely new to robotics, he was the nicest person who was incredibly patient

📢 Huge congratulations to Professor Manling Li 🎉 She received a 2025 Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) Doctoral Dissertation Award Honorable Mention for her thesis, titled "Event-Centric Multimodal Knowledge Acquisition." Read more: limanling.github.io/uploads/Manlin…

📣 We are absolutely thrilled to announce the tenure and promotions of Christos Dimoulas, Miklos Racz, and Xiao Wang to associate professor, effective September 1! 🎉 Congratulations! spr.ly/6018ffbmY

Northwestern Engineering's Uri Wilensky, a preeminent scholar in computer modeling and simulations, has been awarded the 2025 Yidan Prize for Education Research. The Yidan Prize is the world’s largest prize in education. Congrats, Uri! spr.ly/6013AiVuH