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New $5 million NIH grant to study how pregnancy affects children with disabilities

January 3, 2024
How does a pregnant person’s environment, diet, stress, medications and social wellbeing affect their pregnancy and — down the road — their child’s health? That will be the focus of a new two-year study from scientists at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
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King biographer Jonathan Eig to headline Northwestern’s MLK Commemoration

January 2, 2024
Author and Northwestern University alum Jonathan Eig (’86) will headline Northwestern’s 2024 MLK Commemoration with a keynote event. Eig will be joined in conversation by Medill School Dean Charles Whitaker. The keynote conversation will take place Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 5 p.m. in person at Galvin Hall.

Statement on claims made by outside advocacy group

December 20, 2023
Northwestern does not tolerate antisemitism or discriminatory acts against any members of its community. Northwestern will not stand idly by as outside groups push false narratives to harm the University and our community.
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New brain-like transistor mimics human intelligence

December 20, 2023
Taking inspiration from the human brain, researchers have developed a new synaptic transistor capable of higher-level thinking. The device simultaneously processes and stores information just like the human brain. In new experiments, the researchers demonstrated that the transistor goes beyond simple machine-learning tasks to categorize data and is capable of performing associative learning.
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Unstable ‘fluttering’ predicts aortic aneurysm

December 15, 2023
Northwestern University researchers have developed the first physics-based metric to predict whether or not a person might someday suffer an aortic aneurysm, a deadly condition that often causes no symptoms until it ruptures.
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Immersive VR goggles for mice unlock new potential for brain science

December 8, 2023
Northwestern University researchers have developed new virtual reality goggles for mice. These miniature goggles provide more immersive experiences for mice living in laboratory settings. By more faithfully simulating natural environments, the researchers can more accurately and precisely study the neural circuitry that underlies behavior.
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Nearly 40% of Type 2 diabetes patients stop taking their second-line medication

December 8, 2023
Most patients with Type 2 diabetes will end up needing to add a second-line medication after metformin — the go-to primary drug for glucose management — to control their blood sugar levels. But adherence to these second-line drugs can be hit or miss, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Experts available on carbon capture technologies

December 7, 2023
With COP28 in now in full swing, two Northwestern University experts — Omar Farha and Andrew Jacobson — are available to various aspects of carbon removal.
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Marshall Shapo, Northwestern Law professor, dies at 87

December 7, 2023
Marshall S. Shapo, Frederic P. Vose Professor of Law Emeritus at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and a nationally recognized authority on torts and products liability law, died Nov. 17. He was 87.