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The Sustained Excellence award is the highest honor bestowed by the ENERGY STAR program. The designation honors organizations making long-term commitments to climate action and energy efficiency. In 2020, Northwestern became the first university to receive the Sustained Excellence Award.

The Presidential Search Committee has been appointed to advise the Board of Trustees in selecting the next Northwestern president, Board Chair J. Landis Martin announced today.

Thanks to quick-acting staff, about 200 students received their first COVID-19 vaccination shots in a midnight vaccination clinic at Northwestern University, put together at the last second to ensure unused vaccines did not go to waste.

A new study from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and the University of Massachusetts Boston was able to predict the success of movies, commercials, books and restaurants by relying on the “emotionality” of reviews instead of the star rating.

Arkansas became the first state in the U.S. Tuesday to prohibit physicians from providing gender-affirming treatment for trans people under age 18. As legislators target the rights of young transgender people — in gender confirming treatments or surgery and participating in sports — Northwestern University experts weigh in how on discrimination impacts young trans people and what gender-affirming medical care looks like for young people.

No pain means no gain when it comes to reaping exercise benefits for people with peripheral artery disease (PAD), reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Northwestern University experts' specific areas of expertise and interest include policy; functional aspects of infrastructure; and current approaches in infrastructure design and construction.
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Northwestern University researcher Diane Schanzenbach developed an app tracks seven economic indicators, including food insecurity, across the country and state by state in the wake of COVID-19.

One of the leading conferences for new music in the world, the event welcomes composers, performing musicians, scholars and other new music advocates for workshops, panel discussions and concerts.

With over 70% of respondents to a AAA annual survey on autonomous driving reporting they would fear being in a fully self-driving car, makers like Tesla may be back to the drawing board before rolling out fully autonomous self-driving systems. But new research from Northwestern University shows us we may be better off putting fruit flies behind the wheel instead of robots.