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“Hearing Silences: 50 Years of Black Women Faculty at Northwestern” will debut Tuesday, February 25 at 5 p.m. at the McCormick Foundation Center, 1870 Campus Drive. The event is free and open to the Northwestern community. Register to join the virtual screening at the same time.

A first-of-its-kind research paper from Northwestern University presents another potential cause behind persistent stigma: an association of the chronic condition with a person’s morality.

Seeking mental health help is a significant step, but that first intake session can often feel more like paperwork than progress, and a significant proportion of people “drop out,” or never return for a second visit, previous research has shown.

Suicides accounted for 74% of Illinois deaths related to intimate partner problems across 2021 and 2022 — a stark contrast to homicides, which accounted for 22.1% of deaths, according to a new Northwestern University data brief.

A reliable method to treat post-amputation pain remains elusive, but a new Northwestern Medicine study conducted in collaboration with Ukrainian physicians suggests that hydrodissection — a simple procedure that injects fluid around nerves — may reduce residual limb pain and opioid dependence.

Northwestern University will present honorary degrees to poet Toi Derricotte, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti, pathbreaking biochemist and cell biologist Marc Kirschner and actor and comedian Steve Carell during its 167th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 15, at the United Center.

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a Northwestern University-led team of astrophysicists has gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the void that lurks in middle of our galaxy. The swirling disk of gas and dust (or accretion disk) orbiting the central supermassive black hole, called Sagittarius A*, is emitting a constant stream of flares with no periods of rest.

Minimum wage violations are rising sharply at fast food restaurants in Los Angeles and surrounding areas, according to a report by researchers at Northwestern University and Rutgers University.

As the black holes orbit one another, each object has its own spin. While previous research indicated these spins should be chaotic and random, the Northwestern scientists found binary black holes tend to spin in the same general direction as the pair’s overall orbital motion.

Northwestern University astrophysicist Adam Miller has received a 2025 Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), the United States’ first foundation wholly dedicated to science.