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Student Experience

‘This is where it starts’ for new undergrads

Video highlights March Through the Arch

September 17, 2026

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Physical Sciences

Dark matter detector picks up a mysterious signal

September 1, 2026

Unexplained event has just a 0.5% chance of coming from an ordinary, known source

Northwestern faculty, alumni to take the stage at TEDxChicago

September 10, 2026

Oct. 3 event features five speakers on topics from SuperAgers to women’s sports

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Athletics

Think you know Northwestern football?

September 16, 2026

Deering Library launches a new exhibition highlighting the Wildcats’ wild ride over the years

The Latest

Northwestern launches national search for next Vice President for Research

September 11, 2026

Not all colonoscopies are the same. New AI tool audits them at scale.

September 8, 2026

Children’s suicide-related emergency visits spiked by 74% in the US between 2016-2022

September 8, 2026

Evanston MashUp is on the Northwestern campus this year

September 2, 2026

Football is back on the lakefront: What to know about game days in September

September 2, 2026

Things to do at NU: September

August 31, 2026

Northwestern to launch $30 million center to unlock genome’s hidden code

August 28, 2026

The heart calcium scan is popular. Will it help you?

August 23, 2026

Extreme heat linked to 33 diagnoses that go beyond dehydration, heat stroke

August 23, 2026

Five young researchers receive NSF CAREER Awards

August 19, 2026

Loneliness can rewire the brain to drive alcohol consumption

August 18, 2026

What Ukraine’s wartime blood supply transformation can teach the US

August 18, 2026

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Members of the Northwestern community making headlines

Tanning is getting hot again. Here's what it really does to your skin

Aug 4, 2026 – Los Angeles Times

At colleges, the AI boom means everyone wants to dabble in computer science

Aug 3, 2026 – The Independent

The warning America’s colleges are sending about the AI job revolution

Aug 3, 2026 – The Independent

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Children’s Health

How a Northwestern study changed who can diagnose autism in Illinois

July 29, 2026

The new law, the first of its kind in the U.S., allows for an additional diagnostic pathway to support existing medical diagnostics

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autism — A new Illinois law, prompted by research led by Northwestern’s Megan Roberts, significantly expands who can legally deliver autism diagnoses in Illinois. Getty Images

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The Garage named best university incubator by Time magazine

In 11 years, it has developed more than 1,500 startups that have collectively raised more than $1.6 billion and created more than 2,600 jobs

August 18, 2026

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People & Profiles

At Home on the Trail

Scott and Lisa Jenkins turned a rundown farmstead into a B&B along the Appalachian Trail.

Health & Science

Change of Heart

Sadiya Khan ’05 helped develop a tool to predict and prevent cardiovascular disease.

People & Profiles

Outstanding Alumni

The Northwestern Alumni Association will present its highest honor to three graduates.

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