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Northwestern names new trustees

September 11, 2024
Northwestern University has named three new members to its Board of Trustees: David Helfand, chair, CEO and president of Equity Commonwealth; Jack Kang, senior manager at Wabtec Corporation; and Rodney Priestley, dean of the Graduate School and the Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University.
heart health

U.S. South Asians need targeted programs to improve heart health

September 11, 2024
While research has tried to explain the multiple causes for South Asians’ increased cardiovascular disease risk, including risk factors like Type 2 diabetes and less physical activity, relatively no work has assessed the success of attempts to change the heart health of one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the U.S.
election forecasting

Election forecast tracks a tight presidential race

September 9, 2024
For the second U.S. presidential election in a row, a Northwestern University data scientist is running a novel forecasting platform, which updates the odds of a win by former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris each day.
american dream

The American dream: Is it helping or hurting?

September 4, 2024
Opportunity hoarding has gained attention over the last several years, particularly after the 2019 Varsity Blues Scandal in which wealthy, well-known parents used their money, status and privilege to illegally get their children into university.

Northwestern Clinic files amicus brief in SCOTUS case to determine access to gender-affirming care

September 3, 2024
CHICAGO --- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic is Counsel of Record for an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the U.S. v. Skrmetti case — which will consider Tennessee’s ban on gender affirming care for minors, specifically puberty blockers and hormone therapy. The brief, filed today, highlighted the centuries-old medical practice of gender-affirming care in the United States, reiterating that the practice is not experimental.
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adolescence

Nature vs. nurture: the interplay between a child’s mind and environment

September 2, 2024
While the mental health crisis has touched the lives of young people across a broad age spectrum, new Northwestern University research has found that the presence of difficult social environments and the absence of positive social environments predicted greater increases in depressive symptoms in youth, aged 9-11.