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As the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States is now firearms, two new publications authored by scientists from Northwestern Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago discuss how and why these deaths can and should be prevented. 

Scholars from Northwestern University and beyond will gather June 2 and 3 to celebrate the contributions of professor emeritus Hamid Naficy, a global authority on Iranian cinema and diaspora studies.

Engineers have integrated their lead-less transient pacemaker into a coordinated network of four soft, flexible, wireless, wearable sensors and control units placed around the upper body.

Media are invited June 2 to attend a 30-minute virtual event in which sociologists from Northwestern University and the University at Albany, SUNY, will present key findings and respond to media questions on the landmark Violence Intervention Workers Study (VIeWS).
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Najia Mahmodi, a former Afghan prosecutor known for her work combating violence against women, will speak at Northwestern University on Tuesday, May 31, at 12:30 p.m. Central Time.
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Patricia M. Lampkin will become Northwestern University’s interim vice president for Student Affairs beginning Aug. 1, the University announced today. Lampkin served as vice president and chief student affairs officer at the University of Virginia (UVA) until she retired in 2021. She spent four decades at UVA, the last 19 as vice president.

Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot — and it comes in the form of a tiny, adorable peekytoe crab.

Findings from a new Northwestern Medicine study rebut the idea that Black individuals’ higher risk of cardiovascular disease is because of biological differences.

Northwestern University political science professor Alvin Tillery is available to comment on Georgia’s gubernatorial primary election and what it may signal for the GOP.
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Pregnancy complications among individuals between the ages of 15 and 44 are increasing dramatically, a new Northwestern Medicine study has found. The rate of high blood pressure-related disorders among pregnant individuals more than doubled over a recent 12-year period.