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Northwestern Engineering Announces New AI Major

March 9, 2026
from McCormick School of Engineering

The first major program in the new Northwestern Engineering bachelor of science in engineering degree, the AI major will launch in fall 2026.

Distinguished Speaker Series

The Northwestern Network for Collaborative Intelligence Distinguished Speaker Series convenes leading voices in data science and artificial intelligence to illuminate emerging ideas, foster interdisciplinary dialogue, and examine how these fields intersect with diverse domains of study.

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Mar
10
2026

Using AI to Help Write Alt Text for Complex Images

10:00 AM
All alt text for images should be based on the context of the image and what is being portrayed to the user. Writing app...
Mar
10
2026

N’Tangled w/ PsiQuantum – Mar. 10

12:00 PMTechnological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road
We are excited to welcome Aaron Fluitt, Senior Director, Technology Partnerships, PsiQuantum. About PsiQuantum: PsiQuant...
Mar
10
2026

Prompt Engineering for Northwestern Instructors

1:00 PM
Writing, iterating, and critiquing prompts to generative AI tools are critical skills needed to understand the limitatio...
Mar
11
2026

Wildcats in Water: The Water that Fuels NU Research with Mary Beth Greer

11:30 AMO. T. Hogan Biological Sciences Building, 2205 Tech Drive
We're excited to welcome Mary Beth G., Mechanical Engineer and Project Manager in Facilities Management at Northwestern ...
Mar
11
2026

WED@NICO SEMINAR: Steven Franconeri, Northwestern University "Point Taken: A gamified Intervention that Creates Enlightened Disagreements"

12:00 PMChambers Hall, 600 Foster St
Speaker: Steven Franconeri, Professor of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Management and Or...
Mar
13
2026

Cognitive Science Fridays | Mind & Machine Collaboration : Zhe-Chen Guo

12:30 PMKellogg Global Hub, 2211 Campus Drive
Zhe-Chen Guo, Linguisitics, Communicaiton Sciences & Disorders "Consistency of Phoneme-Related Potentials to Naturalisti...

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