Apr
10
2026
Googling for Data: Strategies & Resources (Online)
11:00 AM Online
Do you need to find statistics to support an argument? Or a dataset to analyze as part of a research project? Finding ...
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Apr
10
2026
Cognitive Science Fridays | Mind & Machine Collaboration : Yi Chun Hung
12:30 PM Evanston
Yi Chun Hung, Computer Science
"When Color Becomes Threat: Mapping High-Dimensional Signals with Behavioral Manifolds in...
Apr
10
2026
Northwestern AI major Info Session
2:00 PM Online
Thank you for your interest in Northwestern’s new AI major. Please join the info session to ask any questions that you m...
Apr
14
2026
"AI & The Future of Education" Featuring Jeremy Gilbert, Sara Sood, Moderated by Karen Smilowitz
12:00 PM Evanston
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Panel event featurin Jeremy Gilbert and Sara Sood, moderated by Karen Smilowitz. ...
Apr
14
2026
Prompt Engineering for Northwestern Instructors
1:00 PM Online
Writing, iterating, and critiquing prompts to generative AI tools are critical skills needed to understand the limitatio...
Apr
15
2026
SkAI Colloquium
11:00 AM Off-Campus
The SkAI Institute will host a colloquium featuring Keith Bechtol, Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate ...
Apr
15
2026
WED@NICO SEMINAR: Nihar Shah, Carnegie Mellon University "AI meets Peer Review: The Ace, the Cheat, the Bluff, and the Tell"
12:00 PM Evanston
Speaker:
Nihar Shah, Associate Professor, Machine Learning and Computer Science Departments, Carnegie Mellon University
...
Apr
15
2026
Build with AI 2026 — Tech Talk & Hands-on Workshop
5:00 PM Evanston
Join us for Build with AI 2026 — Tech Talk & Hands-on Workshop
This event is organized by Google Developer Groups (GDG)...
Apr
17
2026
Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies Conference, presented by the Northwestern University Energy Innovation Lab
8:30 AM Chicago
Registration is open for the inaugural conference of the Northwestern University Energy Innovation Lab: Energy Innovatio...
Apr
17
2026
Healthcare AI Forum
10:00 AM Online
Welcome to the Northwestern Medicine Healthcare AI Forum, where we dive into cutting-edge developments in the field of A...
Apr
17
2026
Googling for Data: Strategies & Resources (Online)
11:00 AM Online
Do you need to find statistics to support an argument? Or a dataset to analyze as part of a research project? Finding ...
Apr
17
2026
Google PhD Fellowship Campus Deadline
12:00 PM No Location
The Google PhD Fellowship is a limited submission opportuntiy that demands a campus nomination process. To be considere...
Apr
21
2026
Northwestern Quantum Week: Opening Science Workshop on Superconducting Qubits for Quantum Computing
8:30 AM Evanston
The Institute for Quantum Information Research and Engineering (INQUIRE) invites you to the Opening Workshop on Supercon...
Apr
21
2026
AI & Innovation Speaker Series - Zoë Hitzig
1:30 PM Evanston
Title: How People Use ChatGPT
Abstract: Three years after its launch, ChatGPT was used at least weekly by ten percent of...
Apr
22
2026
Northwestern Quantum Week: Quantum Innovation Symposium
8:30 AM Evanston
The Institute for Quantum Information Research and Engineering (INQUIRE) invites you to the Inaugural Quantum Innovation...
Apr
22
2026
Generative Artificial Intelligence and You: The Role Humans Play in GAI Use (Hybrid)
12:00 PM Evanston
"Generative Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and others) was introduced three years a...
Apr
22
2026
WED@NICO SEMINAR: Michelle Birkett, Feinberg School of Medicine "TBA"
12:00 PM Evanston
Speaker:
Michelle Birkett, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Nort...
Apr
23
2026
3M Seminar with Fay Salmon, Ph.D.
12:30 PM Evanston
Corporate Engagement is pleased to announce a new seminar series sponsored by our partners at 3M, launching this spring ...
Apr
24
2026
Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT)
12:00 PM Online
The Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT) is a partnership with the Northwestern Clinical Informatics Fellow...
Apr
28
2026
Get to Know Copilot at Northwestern (for staff)
1:00 PM Online
Learn about Northwestern’s authorized generative AI tool, Copilot. In this workshop you will learn about:
-Accessing an...
Apr
29
2026
WED@NICO SEMINAR: Gary Slutkin, Cure Violence Global "The End of Violence - How do we do that?" (co-sponsored with CORNERS)
12:00 PM Evanston
Speaker:
Gary Slutkin, Founder, Cure Violence Global
Title:
The End of Violence - How do we do that?
Abstract:
TBA
S...
May
4
2026
FORGE Open House - Evanston Campus
2:30 PM Evanston
Monday, May 4, 2026
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
The Workspace @ The Garage, 2311 N Campus Dr #2300, Evanston, IL 60208
Join us for...
May
5
2026
Watering Hole Seminar Series
4:30 PM Evanston
Each month, we invite water experts to share their innovative work in a concise 15-minute presentation, followed by refr...
May
6
2026
WED@NICO SEMINAR: Daniel Stouffer, Leibniz Institute "Conceptual and Theoretical Challenges in the Study of Multi-Species Coexistence"
12:00 PM Evanston
Speaker:
Daniel B. Stouffer, Research Group Leader, Department of Evolutionary and Integrative Ecology, the Leibniz Inst...
May
6
2026
FORGE Open House - Chicago Campus
3:30 PM Off-Campus
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
NM Mansueto Innovation Institute Gathering Hub, 541 N Fairbanks Ct, 22nd Floor,...
May
8
2026
Cognitive Science Fridays | Mind & Machine Collaboration : Yuan Yang "YY" Teng
12:30 PM Evanston
Yuan Yang "YY" Teng, Technology and Social Behavior
"GenAl at the Divergent-to-Convergent Inflection: Supporting Decisio...
May
11
2026
AI for Research: Use AI Models on Your Computer with MediaPipe (Virtual)
12:00 PM No Location
Incorporate AI into your projects by downloading and running models on your own computer with MediaPipe.
Google MediaPip...
May
12
2026
Everything Everywhere All at Once: Making Sense of Millions of Biological Datasets
9:30 AM Chicago
The NUCATS and I.AIM Health Informatics and Data Science Collaborative are pleased to welcome Dr. Arjun Krishnan for a s...
May
12
2026
"Fun with Fashion" - Larry Davis
12:00 PM Evanston
*Location Updated: NOW IN MUDD 3514*
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Speaker event featuring Larry Davis, a leadi...
May
12
2026
Using AI to Help Write Alt Text for Complex Images
1:00 PM Online
All alt text for images should be based on the context of the image and what is being portrayed to the user. Writing app...
May
13
2026
SkAI Colloquium
11:00 AM Off-Campus
The SkAI Institute will host a colloquium featuring Tom Downes, Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft AI.
Coffee and pa...
May
13
2026
Wildcats in Water
11:30 AM Evanston
Wildcats in Water Student Seminar Series — Each month, students share their innovative water research in engaging flash ...
May
13
2026
WED@NICO SEMINAR: Hamsa Bastani, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania "Challenges in Achieving Human-AI Collaboration"
12:00 PM Evanston
Speaker:
Hamsa Bastani, Associate Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions, and Statistics and Data Science, ...
May
15
2026
Healthcare AI Forum
10:00 AM Online
Welcome to the Northwestern Medicine Healthcare AI Forum, where we dive into cutting-edge developments in the field of A...
May
19
2026
Using AI to Evaluate the Accessibility of Third Party Tools
10:00 AM Online
According to Northwestern’s Digital Accessibility Policy as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), all softw...
May
19
2026
"Towards Virtual Patient: AI for Accelerating Medical Discovery" - Hoifung Poon
12:00 PM Chicago
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Speaker event featuring Hoifung Poon, a leading figure in biomedical AI and preci...
May
20
2026
WED@NICO SEMINAR: Lightning Talks with NU Scholars!
12:00 PM Evanston
NICO is looking for participants to share 12-15 minute lightning talks on their current research. To sign up, please fil...
May
22
2026
The Future of Creativity
9:00 AM Off-Campus
Join us for a two-day mini-conference exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping creativity, culture, and learni...
May
22
2026
Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT)
12:00 PM Online
The Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT) is a partnership with the Northwestern Clinical Informatics Fellow...
May
28
2026
"AI & Biosecurity" Featuring Doni Bloomfield, Daniel Eisenman, and Nicole Kikendall, Moderated by Mohammad Hosseini
12:00 PM Chicago
Join us for an in-person Distinguished Panel event featuring biosafety experts Doni Bloomfield (Fordham NYC), Nicole Kik...
Jun
2
2026
Watering Hole Seminar Series
4:30 PM Evanston
Each month, we invite water experts to share their innovative work in a concise 15-minute presentation, followed by refr...
Jun
5
2026
Cognitive Science Fridays | Mind & Machine Collaboration : Xudong Tang
12:30 PM Evanston
Xudong Tang, Computer Science, NICO
"Mapping Human and Machine Perception of Voice Identity Similarity"
Jun
9
2026
Get to Know Copilot at Northwestern
1:00 PM Online
Learn about Northwestern’s authorized generative AI tool, Copilot. In this workshop you will learn about:
-Accessing an...
Jun
10
2026
Wildcats in Water
11:30 AM Evanston
Wildcats in Water Student Seminar Series — Each month, students share their innovative water research in engaging flash ...
Jun
23
2026
Prompt Engineering for Northwestern Instructors
10:00 AM Online
Writing, iterating, and critiquing prompts to generative AI tools are critical skills needed to understand the limitatio...