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A new opera by accomplished composer Missy Mazzoli will finally make its Chicago-area debut Nov. 13 at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. “Proving Up,” a haunting and surreal opera, was scheduled to run at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2022 but was cancelled due to a surge in COVID-19.

A live press conference with Joel Mokyr, winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, will be held today at 3 p.m. CT on Northwestern's Evanston campus.
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Joel Mokyr, the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and professor of economics and history in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, today (Oct. 13) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

To prevent sepsis in children, scientists at Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago developed and validated AI models that accurately identify children at high risk for sepsis within 48 hours, so they can receive early preemptive care.

New research led by researchers from Northwestern University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign estimates that U.S. wastewater treatment plants emit the equivalent of approximately 47 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year. Of these emissions, two greenhouse gases, methane and nitrous oxide, play a larger role than previously understood, exceeding current government estimates by 41%.

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the international team identified a supernova’s source star, or progenitor, at mid-infrared wavelengths for the first time.

Nina Totenberg, veteran legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio, will be the featured speaker for Northwestern University’s 36th annual Leopold Lecture. Totenberg will reflect on the U.S. Supreme Court, top legal issues affecting everyday Americans and the important cases being considered by the court.

The Evelyn Dunbar Memorial Early Music Festival celebrates Renaissance composers John Dowland and Orlando Gibbons through lectures, concerts, a master class and special performances by internationally acclaimed artists and Bienen students.

A few easy-to-implement tools — a training video, electronic health record prompts and handouts for families — greatly increased how often pediatricians recommended early peanut introduction to infants, reports a new clinical study led by Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

Northwestern University engineers have developed a novel strategy that makes quantum light sources, which dispense single photons, more consistent, precise and reliable.