Mellon Endowment Established for Graduate Students
The Graduate School is proud to announce the Andrew W. Mellon Endowment for Graduate Students in the Humanities and History, a permanently endowed fund of $4.5 million, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  This endowment will serve to increase and help support new Mellon Interdisciplinary Cluster Fellowships in our recently launched Interdisciplinary Cluster Initiative.  The Mellon Endowment will also facilitate several Mellon Research Grants, available to graduate students in the humanities and history, for research related travel, materials that are not available locally, artistic supplies beyond what is normal or customary in the field, or construction, rental, or purchase of special equipment not available on campus. Read more about the Mellon endowment at the Northwestern University NewsCenter.

One Book One Northwestern Public Lectures Continue
This year's One Book One Northwestern selection is The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution by David Quammen. One Book One Northwestern is a series of lectures presented by scholars with national and international reputations in the study of Charles Darwin, the science of evolution, and the history and philosophy of science. The goal of the lecture series is to educate the public and the university community about the science of evolution and the continued impact of Charles Darwin's research on modern society. The lectures are co-sponsored by the Office of the President and the Interdisciplinary Committee on Evolutionary Processes, and are open to the public as well as Northwestern faculty, students, and staff. Please see the One Book One Northwestern Web site for more details.

Legal Services for Graduate Students Available
The Graduate School is committed to giving graduate students continued access to legal services, providing an attorney with offices at The Graduate School on the Evanston campus. Due the the upcoming holidays, during the months of November and December the attorney will be available November 4, November 20, December 2, and December 18, from 10:00am -4:00pm. Students in need of legal services are encouraged to contact tgsattorney@northwestern.edu to schedule an appointment.

Department of Physics & Astronomy
Paul Cadden-Zimansky

Doctoral student Paul Cadden-Zimansky of the Physics and Astronomy department experiments with very small things at very low temperatures.  Cadden-Zimansky, working with Professor Venkat Chandrasekhar, makes nanometer-sized devices out of conventional metals, magnets, and superconductors, and cools them down to a fraction of a degree above absolute zero.  At these sizes and temperatures the operating principles of the devices are governed by the strange rules of quantum mechanics, allowing them to exhibit novel and counterintuitive behavior.  For additional information, please visit the Department of Physics and Astronomy.