I normally don't pump The Firm's activities too much in this venue, but there's a few exciting developments that may be of interest to the 6.5 folks reading this blog.
First, our School of Communications is trying to build up the Technology and Social Behavior specialization. Justine Cassell and Eszter Hargittai are pushing things along, and the program has a fabulous speaker series for those in the Chicagoland area, or happen to be in the area on the right dates.
Also, NU is placing a big bet on the interdisciplinary study of complexity. The university has established the Northwestern Institute for Complex Systems (NICO). Not only is NICO hiring postdocs, they're also having a great seminar at the end of this month. Unfortunately, I'm not sure it's open to the public.
And if you want to know what it's like to be an intern in Medill's Global Program, check out the postings at the informal Global Program interns blog.