The teenage brain isn't missing anything. It's overflowing with possibility. 🧠 This Mental Health Awareness Month, learn from the researchers leading the Weinberg institute dedicated to helping adolescents flourish: Vijay Mittal (@vijayamittal.bsky.social) and Renee Engeln.

“We’ve all seen ‘Earthrise’ and the ‘Blue Marble’ images a zillion times...” says environmental historian Keith Woodhouse. Perhaps the new Artemis images have re-energized us. “It’s hard not to think about the fragility of planet Earth when you see those photos.” 🌎 #EarthDay

Two Weinberg faculty have been named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows by @guggfellows.bsky.social — selected from nearly 5,000 applicants based on prior achievement and exceptional promise. 🎉 🧵 A thread:

Insects are cold-blooded. They can't generate body heat. Except — one can. Northwestern researchers just sequenced the snow fly's genome and found it doing something scientists didn't think insects were capable of. 🔗 More on this intriguing insect: bit.ly/47A9zyn

As SCOTUS prepares to hear arguments Wed. 4/1 in Trump v. Barbara, a new op-ed co-written by Northwestern historian Kate Masur revisits what the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause meant to those who wrote it — and how that history may inform the Court's decision. ⚖️

Weinberg College professors Carole LaBonne & Matt Goldrick were just elected Lifetime Fellows of #AAAS! 👏 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4sgKuA8 Congratulations to @labonnelab.bsky.social @mattgoldrick.bsky.social 🎉