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.
More than 30 faculty members and their colleagues were recognized at a Monday, April 30, reception in Guild Lounge for their efforts to enhance diversity and equity at Northwestern University.
Northwestern University’s preeminent translator of Polish literature, Clare Cavanagh, is among eight writers to receive The American Academy of Arts and Letters 2018 Award in Literature, given for exceptional accomplishment in writing.The honor, awarded for past work, will be presented in May in New York.“I always dreamed of making some kind of contribution to literature, to readers and writers as well as scholars, through my work,” said Cavanagh, who chairs the department of Slavic languages and literature at Northwestern.
How can poetry influence our experience of illness? How can the lyric form disrupt and reshape our understanding of illness and health care? These and other provocative questions at the intersection of poetry and medicine will be discussed at the ninth Annual Hippocrates Poetry and Medicine Symposium on Thursday and Friday, May 10 and 11.
Northwestern University will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 takeover by black students of the Bursar’s Office in Evanston with several days of events in May that highlight a year-long remembrance of the pivotal event.
Consumers consider online reviews important for choosing physicians, but they should be wary of using those ratings to choose plastic surgeons. The reviews tend to be polarized, and some are written by people whom consulted with the doctor but never had surgery, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Joel Mokyr, the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and professor of economics and history in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, has been named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (AEA).The Distinguished Fellow awards annually recognize the lifetime research contributions of up to four distinguished economists.
A Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory research team has developed an exceptional next-generation material for nuclear radiation detection that could provide a significantly less expensive alternative to detectors now in commercial use. Specifically, the high-performance material is used in a device that can detect gamma rays, weak signals given off by nuclear materials, and can easily identify individual radioactive isotopes. Potential uses include more widespread detectors for nuclear weapons and materials as well as applications in biomedical imaging, astronomy and spectroscopy.
A team from Northwestern University and the University of Florida has developed a new type of electron microscope that takes dynamic, multi-frame videos of nanoparticles as they form, allowing researchers to view how specimens change in space and time.
Two members of the Northwestern University faculty have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Deborah A. Cohen and Gary Alan Fine, both of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, are among the 213 leaders in the sciences, social sciences, the humanities, the arts, business and public affairs elected to the academy this year for their pathbreaking work.
CommFest finale: School of Communication reunion launches next generation of leaders
Updated expectations are vital for making decisions Your midbrain encodes the expectation error and relays it to the frontal lobe to revise Dopamine neurons are likely involved in encoding identity errors and new expectations in brain
Employment law scholar Kimberly Yuracko to lead Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
This weekend, Northwestern alumni will produce “A Starry Night,” the School of Communication’s star-studded variety show and reunion.
• When RAS genes mutate, they generate proteins that cause cells to proliferate uncontrollably • Researchers use ‘top-down proteomics’ to characterize intact proteins isolated from colorectal cancer cell lines and tumors • By understanding precisely how proteins change in cancer, researchers open door for new targets for treatment
“Night owls” — people who like to stay up late and have trouble dragging themselves out of bed in the morning — have a higher risk of dying sooner than “larks,” people who have a natural preference for going to bed early and rise with the sun, according to a new study from Northwestern Medicine and the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom (UK).
Screening patients for diabetes based solely on their age and weight – a recommendation from a leading medical expert group – could miss more than half of high-risk patients, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study of a nationwide sample. These limited screening criteria also missed more racial and ethnic minorities, most notably Asians. Failing to screen high-risk adults could lead to delayed treatments to prevent type 2 diabetes or manage the condition for those who already have it, possibly contributing to a worsening of the diabetes epidemic.
Northwestern University today (April 13) announced the winners of the 2018 Nemmers Prizes in four disciplines -- earth sciences, economics, mathematics and music composition -- recognizing top scholars for their outstanding achievements, their contributions to new knowledge and development of significant new analysis.
Findings suggest real news is failing as a corrective to false information perpetuated by fake news
Five students have been selected for the Little Joe Ventures Fellowship Program in Entrepreneurship, a new initiative at Northwestern University that supports entrepreneurial innovation at the undergraduate level. Made possible by a gift from alumnus Tony Owen ’97, ’03 MBA and Monique Owen, the fellowship program is designed to arm students with the skills they need to be successful in their ventures and in life and to provide a support network of like-minded entrepreneurial thinkers.
One third of children who have autism spectrum disorder also have epilepsy. It’s related to a major autism risk gene, which is mutated in patients with autism. But scientists didn’t now why the mutation, catnap2, caused seizures.Now Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered the mutation acts like a bad gardener in the brain.
Northwestern Law hosts second Minow Debate Series April 17 in partnership with Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate series honors Newt Minow’s contributions to public and civic life Debate to be streamed live online
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