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Northwestern University recently awarded more than $2 million to eight innovative projects through the Pat & Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund, which provides strategic seed funding to move bold ideas from proof of concept toward real-world impact.

South Asian adults in the U.S. report doing many of the right things for heart health, yet they show significantly higher rates of prediabetes, diabetes and hypertension than white and Chinese adults, and higher than or roughly similar rates to Black and Hispanic patients, according to a new study led by Northwestern Medicine.

Northwestern University scientists have pinpointed when and where toxic proteins accumulate within the brains of Alzheimer’s patients — and discovered a decades-old Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug that can stop the accumulation process before it even begins.

Northwestern pediatric mental health and well-being expert will virtually present findings Feb. 11 from her study of more than 3,000 children under age 13 about their social media use.
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A new study by neuroscientists at Northwestern University validates the possibility of influencing dreams and offers a crucial step to support the theory that dreams in REM sleep — the rapid eye movement phase of sleep in which lucid dreaming can occur — may be especially conducive to helping individuals come up with creative solutions to a problem.

Northwestern University has launched the Simpson Querrey Brain Health Institute (SQ-Brain), made possible by nearly $25 million in philanthropic funding from University Trustee Kimberly K. Querrey (’22, ’23 P).

Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Law Zachary D. Clopton has been appointed dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, effective Feb. 1. Clopton succeeds Hari Osofsky as the permanent dean after six months in the interim role.

As a series of landmark social media trials kick off this week between tech giants Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube, and parents alleging the platforms are addictive and harmful, Northwestern University psychology and law experts are available for interviews with the media.
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This winter, the Institute for New Music at Northwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music brings students and audiences into direct conversation with some of the most influential figures shaping contemporary music and sound art. Over two days in February, the Bienen School’s Contemporary Music Ensemble presents a program honoring the profound artistic dialogue and enduring friendship between Yoko Ono and John Cage — two visionaries whose radical ideas reshaped the boundaries of music, performance and conceptual art.

Men begin developing coronary heart disease — which can lead to heart attacks — years earlier than women, with differences emerging as early as the mid-30s, according to a large, long-term study led by Northwestern Medicine.