Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg
College of Arts and Sciences • Northwestern University
CONGRATULATIONS!
GERMAN
PROFESSOR IS AWARDED THE PALMES ACADÉMIQUES
Professor Sam
Weber was awarded the prestigious Palmes Académiques by
the French government for the outstanding work he has
done promoting the French language and culture in conjunction
with Northwestern’s Paris Program in Critical Theory.
The Paris Program in Critical Theory is unique and affords
graduate students a very special and profound learning experience
away from our campus. Professor Weber is Avalon Foundation
Professor of the Humanities and faculty member in the Department
of German.
GERMAN
STUDENT WINS GATES CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP
Northwestern
Alum David Dillon has been awarded a prestigious Gates Cambridge
Scholarship. David graduated in June 2008 with a degree in German
and Chemistry. In addition to his many other accomplishments,
he was also a recipient of a DAAD Research Internship in Science
and Engineering (RISE), working during the summer of 2007 at
the Institut für Umweltforschung in Dortmund. Read
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