Northwestern University professors are available to comment on the U.S. Embassy opening in Jerusalem on Monday, as well as Israel and Iran exchanging military strikes earlier this week.
The historic first detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes far outside our galaxy opened a new window to understanding the universe. A string of detections -- four more binary black holes and a pair of neutron stars -- soon followed the Sept. 14, 2015, observation. Now, another detector is being built to crack this window wider open. This next-generation observatory, called LISA, is expected to be in space in 2034, and it will be sensitive to gravitational waves of a lower frequency than those detected by the Earth-bound Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).
Learning a second language can change the way our senses work together to interpret speech, according to a new Northwestern University study. In the study, published today in the journal Brain Sciences, researchers found that bilingual people are better at integrating sight and hearing to make sense of speech.
Charles Whitaker, currently the associate dean of journalism at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, has been named interim dean of the school, Provost Jonathan Holloway announced today.Charles WhitakerWhitaker, who joined Medill in 1993, is also the Helen Gurley Brown Magazine Chair at Medill.
The words you don’t want to hear from a pharmaceutical company after presenting a new potential drug that obliterates cancer in mice: “It’s too early.” That’s code for: you haven’t convinced us this could actually work and is safe for humans.NewCures at Northwestern University is a novel accelerator poised to prevent that brush-off.
Award-winning novelist Nnedi Okorafor, co-writer of the Black Panther comics, will discuss Afrofuturism and African-based science fiction Thursday (May 10) at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.The talk, which begins at 5:15 p.m., is free and open to the public. Registration is required.The widely acclaimed Black Panther movie has revived conversations about Afrofuturism and brought the issue to the global stage.
The Kellogg Global Women’s Summit, hosted by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, brought together women in all stages of their careers May 8 and 9 to engage in thoughtful conversations about the roadblocks women face on their route to the C-suite.“I’m so excited for you,” Sherry Lansing, former CEO of Paramount Pictures, told a packed crowd at the Kellogg Global Hub during Tuesday’s opening event.
Design for America (DFA), a national network of students, mentors and community leaders using design thinking to tackle social challenges, has been recognized with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s National Design Award for corporate and institutional achievement.
Self-reported gun carrying among high school freshmen, sophomores increased in Chicago between 2007 and 2013, decreased in Los Angeles, remained flat in New York City African-American male students most likely to report carrying a gun Chicago had higher rates of reported fights and students feeling unsafe in school
Professors recognized for distinguished achievements in original research
Showcases instructors who are pioneering experiments in teaching and learning through technology Highlights opportunities for collaboration among instructors, students, learning designers and educational technology specialists Brings together growing educational technology community exploring best practices in online learning, learning analytics and active learning space
Daily aspirin significantly increases the risk of melanoma for men Results surprising because aspirin is often reported to decrease risk of certain cancers Men who take daily aspirin may benefit from periodic skin exams by the dermatologist ‘This does not mean men should stop aspirin therapy’
Northwestern’s 2018 Distinguished Secondary Teacher Awards honor educators in California, Illinois and Ohio Teachers and their schools each will receive $5,000 Award recipients will be recognized at honor ceremony, commencement
Thought leaders and change makers from across the globe will gather at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in May to address the innovative transformation currently taking place in the legal industry around the world.
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