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This Sunday we’ll lose one hour of sleep when our clocks spring forward for daylight saving time. This can wreak havoc on our internal body clocks, impairing our mood, alertness and performance.
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Northwestern Medicine has identified the first case in Illinois of the COVID-19 variant called P.1., which was first found earlier this year in travelers from Brazil during routine airport screening in Tokyo, Japan. The variant has subsequently been identified in several other countries.

Northwestern Dance Marathon raised $674,395 on behalf of Compass to Care, which covers travel-related expenses for families accessing treatment at specialty pediatric cancer facilities. NUDM’s second beneficiary for the 24th consecutive year was Evanston Community Foundation (ECF).

More than 75% of people in Illinois who die from an opioid overdose do so before emergency personnel can make it to the overdose scene, a new Northwestern Medicine study found.

Preceding the PETM 56 million years ago, massive volcanic activity injected large amounts of carbon dioxide into the Earth system, causing global warming and ocean acidification.

The idea of creating selectively porous materials has captured the attention of chemists for decades. Now, new research from Northwestern University shows that fungi may have been doing exactly this for millions of years.

Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, economists and social scientists from Northwestern University say women in the labor force have seen a disproportionate economic impact from COVID-19.
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President Morton Schapiro, who has led Northwestern University through one of its most transformative and sustained periods of academic growth, announced today (March 4) that he will conclude his tenure on Aug. 31, 2022.

Recent research shows catnip compounds to be at least as effective as synthetic insect repellents such as DEET.

José Ramón Fernández-Peña, the director of health professions advising at Northwestern University and the president of the American Public Health Association (APHA), has been honored by The Welcoming Center as the 2021 recipient of the Dennis Clark Solas Award.