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Avoiding COVID-19 family feuds over holidays
November 19, 2021
Will December holiday gatherings – Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanzaa – be contentious as people argue over individual COVID-19 comfort levels, masking and the vaccination/booster status of friends and family in their homes?

Students are happier if their college requires vaccines, survey finds
November 18, 2021
A new survey of more than 1,200 U.S. college students shows those in colleges with a mask and vaccine mandate were more likely to approve of their universities’ handling of COVID-19 than those without. But about half were confused about what their university’s policy actually said.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth to speak at inaugural Buffett Fireside Chat
November 18, 2021
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) will participate in the inaugural Buffett Fireside Chat Thursday, Dec. 2, at the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University.

Policymakers are ‘way behind the curve’ on AI threats, expert warns
November 17, 2021
V.S. Subrahmanian says policymakers in the United States and elsewhere are woefully unprepared for the challenges to cybersecurity posed by advances in artificial intelligence.
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Smokers more likely to die from heart disease than lung cancer
November 17, 2021
The most likely cause of death for smokers is a fatal heart attack, stroke or heart failure that occurs without any warning signs, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

How herpes checks into the nervous system for life
November 17, 2021
Herpes type 1 is sealed with a kiss for a lifetime. More than half of U.S. adults are carriers of HSV1 (herpes simplex virus type 1) which hibernates in the peripheral nervous system and can never be eradicated.
‘FDA booster decision is overdue and welcome’
November 17, 2021
The Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) expected authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 booster for all adults Thursday is overdue and will stem rising cases, say Northwestern Medicine experts. (The Centers for Disease Control is supposed to meet to discuss data and safety on Friday.)

Winter Chamber Music Festival is back with three award-winning ensembles
November 17, 2021
Northwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music welcomes guest artists back to the stage in Winter 2022, with the return of two popular concert series.

The 91st Annual Waa-Mu Show returns home to Cahn Auditorium
November 17, 2021
After two years of producing the Waa-Mu Show virtually, the co-chairs of Northwestern University’s 91st Annual Waa-Mu Show have announced the show will move back to Cahn Auditorium. “A Peculiar Inheritance,” a whodunit with antiques, socialites and secrets, will run April 29 to May 8, 2022.

New holographic camera sees the unseen with high precision
November 17, 2021
Researchers have developed a new holographic camera that can see around corners and image objects hidden behind scattering media, including fog and human tissue.