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Northwestern University researchers have developed the first quantitative model that captures how politicized environments affect U.S. political opinion formation and evolution.

Northwestern students will take part in a presidential debate watch party on Zoom Tuesday night with leading expert on presidential rhetoric and debate Professor David Zarefsky.
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Breonna Taylor ruling shows how difficult it is to hold police officers accountable for their misconduct and poor performance in cases that involve deadly force.
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If you get your news from social media, you are more likely to believe misinformation about coronavirus conspiracies, risk factors and preventative treatments, according to the latest survey results looking at Americans’ attitudes and behaviors around COVID-19.

Northwestern University professors from politics, law, business and more are available to discuss the upcoming presidential debate on Sept. 29, as well as how the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will impact the final weeks of the election.
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Browse faculty who can speak knowledgeably about social movements and protests, health disparities, the value of diversity in the workplace and more.
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Theory predicts how animals' sensing organs -- ears, noses and eyes -- move while searching for something vital to their lives, such as food or mates.

Men with metastatic, hormone-resistant prostate cancer, who were treated based on the genetic makeup of their cancer, survived significantly longer than those treated with traditional hormone treatments, according to a large, international phase 3 clinical trial co-led by investigators from Northwestern Medicine.

The discrepancy in perception among white Americans shows a far more optimistic view of the racial progress that has been made since the 1960s, according to a new study by Ivy Onyeador.

Justice RBG was an American icon
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