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Department Spotlight: Dr. Jin-Young Kwak

Dr. Jin-Young Kwak was recently interviewed about her time since graduating from Northwestern University with a doctorate in Political Science, about her academic career in Korea, and about what it was like to become the first woman provost at one of Korea's top 10 universities. 

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Apr
29
2025
R Workshop: Spatial Data in R

9:30 AM - 11:00 PM, Online

This workshop will introduce different types of spatial data and cover the basics of reading in, manipulating, and plotting spatial dat...

Apr
30
2025
Fall 2025 Pre-Registration Preview

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston

Join the Political Science Department as we take a preview of the Fall Quarter 2025 courses. Faculty will present on the courses they w...

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