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In less than two hours, a nine-person jury ruled in favor of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a trial in which cofounder Elon Musk accused Altman of “stealing a charity.”
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Mung Chiang, the president of Purdue University, has been named the 18th president of Northwestern University, Northwestern's Board of Trustees announced today.

A new commentary written by researchers at Northwestern University and the National Institutes of Health weighs various options on how to define plagiarism in research manuscript writing in the ever-evolving world of GenAI.

A child’s future heart health may be partially shaped before they are born, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study that found pregnancy complications are linked to poorer cardiovascular health in offspring more than 20 years later.

The Agentic AI Investigative Journalism Challenge is a new contest led by the Generative AI + Journalism Initiative at Northwestern University and is working to unlock the potential of coding agents to increase the processing power of AI. The goal is to help investigative journalists work faster, more efficiently and smarter.

By tracking heart rate and rhythm, breathing rate and depth, sweat response, blood flow and temperature, device captures a whole-body ‘view’ of stress. Device could help clinicians detect stress and discomfort in babies, the elderly and critically ill or sedated patients who cannot communicate.

Some are concerned the hantavirus outbreak that started on the cruise ship is going to be the next COVID-19 pandemic, but Northwestern Medicine infectious disease expert Dr. Michael Angarone said, “at this point, we shouldn’t be nervous.”
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A 21-element recovery program for children undergoing gastrointestinal surgery reduced opioid use during hospitalization by 56%, according to a large clinical trial led by Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

Ernest Greer (JD ’91) will deliver the convocation address to Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Class of 2026 on Friday, May 15, at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St.
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Northwestern University scientists are available to speak to media about reports that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) blocked the publication of publicly funded research that found COVID-19 and shingles vaccines are safe.
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