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Faculty Accolades

Uri Wilensky named 2025 Yidan Prize winner

This year’s prize spotlights changemakers advancing complex systems literacy and multilingual education

September 29, 2025

Artist's representation of a futuristic processor with multicolor circuits

Northwestern accelerates quantum research with NVIDIA technology

September 3, 2025

NVIDIA code could help researchers tackle computationally demanding tasks hindering quantum research

Northwestern names new trustees

September 17, 2025

Three distinguished individuals will join the University’s Board of Trustees

25 years of SuperAger research

Aging

What makes a SuperAger?

August 7, 2025

Twenty-five years of SuperAger research show cognitive decline is not an inevitable part of aging

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Things to do at NU: Oct. 1 to 7

September 29, 2025

Nearly everyone has at least one risk factor before a heart attack, stroke or heart failure

September 29, 2025

Medicaid billed for 52% of U.S. hospital costs from gun injuries

September 26, 2025

Evanston photographer evokes a ‘sense of common humanity’

September 25, 2025

Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary plans move within Northwestern campus

September 24, 2025

New campus shuttles are quieter and cleaner

September 22, 2025

Come out for Truck or Treat at Ryan Field

September 19, 2025

Republicans fund science more than Democrats, study finds

September 18, 2025

Wearable sensors could reshape obesity treatment

September 17, 2025

Meet the Class of 2029

September 16, 2025

Gravitational-wave detection verifies Stephen Hawking’s theorem

September 12, 2025

From improv to pre-law, find your people at the student org fair

September 11, 2025

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Why are they called the Ivy League? The story behind America’s elite universities

Oct 1, 2025 – The Times of India

Trump announces 'TrumpRx' website alongside Pfizer CEO

Sep 30, 2025 – Insider

Patients With Severe Obesity Face Medical Discrimination, Study Says

Sep 30, 2025 – U.S. News

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Fighting for science

August 20, 2025

Northwestern alum Felicia Tuchman chronicles her path from high school science student to pursuing a Ph.D. — and what she’s learning along the way

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felicia tuchman — Felicia Tuchman holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Today, at 25 years old, she has published nine peer-reviewed research papers on substance use and substance use disorders. But her future in the field has never been more precarious, she writes.

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Gravitational-wave detection verifies Stephen Hawking’s theorem

Ten years have passed since the historic first detection of gravitational waves

September 12, 2025

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Making Theater Magic

Follow the cast and crew of Man of La Mancha as they create an unforgettable experience.

Riding the AI Wave

Kris Hammond helps us navigate the new world of human-AI interaction.

Health & Science

Vital Research

Basic science research is the foundation for creative solutions with big impact.

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