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Retired Pope Benedict did nothing to protect them or to punish their abusers is more evidence of a pervasive culture that enabled sexual abuse and abusers, said Northwestern religious studies scholar Robert Orsi, whose work focuses on the church’s sex abuse crisis and its causes.
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As some states push to lift school mask mandates, Northwestern Medicine experts say it’s still too early.. A Northwestern Law professor says the Illinois judge’s decision creates unnecessary uncertainty.

Northwestern professor Nina Kraus writes about the vastness of the hearing brain, explaining how the sounds of our lives shape our brains in her recent book “Of Sound Mind.”

Black History Month is about celebrating history makers past and present, recognizing gains made and acknowledging the work yet to be done. Northwestern University scholars can speak to media about the ongoing struggle over voting rights as well as successful inroads made by Black women in journalism and law.

V.S. Subrahmanian, a Northwestern Buffett Faculty Fellow and a global cybersecurity expert, said that Ukraine may already be vulnerable to a cyber first strike from Russia, and that it will likely be combined with a coordinated misinformation campaign.
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A national poll provides a snapshot into public sentiment about the acceptability of violent protest against federal, state and local government, providing current insights about the state of U.S. democracy and safety of government officials.

American composer Jake Heggie’s Faustian opera “If I Were You” will make its Midwest debut in Northwestern University Opera Theater’s Feb. 24-27 production at Cahn Auditorium.

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, a professor at Northwestern University and an expert on Ukrainian and Jewish history, was among the signatories to an open letter sent last week to German chancellor Olaf Scholz urging him to take a tougher stance on Russia amid Berlin’s reluctance to send arms to Kyiv.
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The first omicron BA.2 subvariant case has been detected in Illinois by Northwestern Medicine’s Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution.The arrival of BA.2 is no surprise.

The multidisciplinary study is the first to look at everyday forms of police misconduct and the health outcomes of women, adding to growing evidence that suggests police violence adversely affects the health of Black communities.