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MLK commemoration spotlights Chicago housing and segregation

Northwestern will host a series of events in Evanston and Chicago, including keynote with historian “Dilla” Thomas on Jan. 21

January 6, 2025

A new definition for obesity

A better definition of obesity

January 14, 2025

New guidelines use more than just body mass index to diagnose obesity

Faculty Accolades

Infectious disease expert Jennifer Jao to help lead AIDS clinical-trials network

January 13, 2025

She will help shape the scientific agenda at the International Maternal Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network

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Facilities

Project kicks off to replace Allen Center on north campus

December 2, 2024

Other construction updates include Cohen Lawn, Jacobs Center and new Ryan Field

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Chainmail-like material could be the future of armor

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Disability is often neglected in medical school curricula, new study finds

January 15, 2025

Things to do at NU: Jan. 15 to 21

January 15, 2025

How improving education could close maternal heart health gaps

January 14, 2025

Embracing uncertainty, from economic policy to space colonization

January 13, 2025

An ‘amplifier’ for missed signals produced by our bodies

January 13, 2025

Things to do at NU: Jan. 8 to 13

January 7, 2025

Green battery discovery turns trash into treasure

January 7, 2025

World-class ensembles lead 28th annual Winter Chamber Music Festival

January 6, 2025

Northwestern alum remembers working for Jimmy Carter

January 3, 2025

Nominations open for $250,000 Kabiller Prize

January 3, 2025

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Sir Fraser Stoddart, a pioneer in nanoscience, dies at 82

January 2, 2025

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Members of the Northwestern community making headlines

Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as millions wrongly diagnosed with obesity

Jan 16, 2025 – The Independent

Travis Kelce, Jake Gyllenhaal and why BMI is problematic. It needs to change, panel says.

Jan 15, 2025 – USA Today

Move aside, BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds

Jan 15, 2025 – NPR

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Sir Fraser Stoddart, a pioneer in nanoscience, dies at 82

January 2, 2025

Stoddart received the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on molecular machines

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Sir Fraser Stoddart’s work on molecular recognition and self-assembly and his subsequent introduction of template-directed routes to mechanically interlocked molecules dramatically changed the way chemists make soft materials. Photo by Jim Prisching

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Climate

Testing limestone’s ability to capture carbon from air

Northwestern’s DOE-funded project will kick off in January 2025 at a farm in downstate Illinois

November 22, 2024

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Making Streets Safer

Professor Andrew Papachristos uses network science to curb gun violence.

Bird Watcher

With the click of a camera, Collin Porter highlights avian life on the Evanston campus.

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Investing in the Future

Sharon Bowen has built an impressive track record as a mentor and leader on Wall Street.

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