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Northwestern names new trustees
September 17, 2025
Northwestern University has named three new members to its Board of Trustees: Susan Howe, CEO of The Weber Shandwick Collective; Christina Kosmowski, CEO of LogicMonitor; and Daryl Morey, president of Basketball Operations for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Wearable sensors could reshape obesity treatment
September 15, 2025
Northwestern University scientists have created a groundbreaking lifestyle medicine program that uses three wearable sensors — a necklace, a wristband and a body camera — to capture real-world eating behavior in unprecedented detail and with respect for privacy.

Gravitational-wave detection verifies Stephen Hawking’s theorem
September 12, 2025
Northwestern scientists have made key contributions to every major gravitational-wave milestone.

Minority groups receive fewer opportunities at work, despite ‘colorblind’ argument
September 10, 2025
The 2023 landmark Supreme Court decision effectively banning race-conscious affirmative action — along with the subsequent challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion in major corporations and military admissions — has brought back the decades-old argument for “merit-based” or “colorblind” policies.

Henry S. Bienen named interim president of Northwestern University
September 9, 2025
Northwestern University’s Board of Trustees today announced that Northwestern President Emeritus Henry S. Bienen will serve as interim president, effective Sept. 16, following the announcement last week that President Michael Schill would be stepping down.

First ‘perovskite camera’ can see inside the human body
September 5, 2025
Scientists led by Northwestern University and Soochow University in China have built the first perovskite-based detector that can capture individual gamma rays for SPECT imaging with record-breaking precision. The new tool could make common types of nuclear medicine imaging sharper, faster, cheaper and safer.

CRISPR’s efficiency triples with DNA-wrapped nanoparticles
September 5, 2025
Northwestern University chemists have unveiled a new type of nanostructure that dramatically improves CRISPR delivery and potentially extends its scope of utility.

President Michael Schill announces resignation
September 4, 2025
Michael Schill announced today that he will step down from the presidency of Northwestern University, concluding a three-year tenure that saw continued ascension across the University’s three campuses, record fundraising and a steady rise in national rankings of the best universities in the country.

Northwestern accelerates quantum research with NVIDIA technology
September 3, 2025
Northwestern University physicists are using NVIDIA technology to tackle the computationally demanding tasks hindering quantum research.

Northwestern receives $20 million gift to create the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement
September 3, 2025
Northwestern University Trustee Jennifer Leischner Litowitz ’91 and Alec Litowitz (’22, ’27 P) have made a $20 million gift in support of the Center for Enlightened Disagreement to accelerate the University’s impact on promoting constructive engagement and discourse in an increasingly polarized world.