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Austin Evans, a Northwestern University researcher, has been named a 2021 Schmidt Science Fellow, Eric and Wendy Schmidt announced June 3. The Schmidt Fellowship supports early career scientists and engineers in interdisciplinary collaboration to advance solutions to long-term societal challenges such as climate change, infectious disease and biodiversity loss. Evans is the fourth fellow to be selected from Northwestern.

As the emerging field of planetary health has taken off, researchers across disciplines have built new understandings of the impacts of global climate change on human health. Climate scientist Ryan Harp is available to discuss his research on the increased risk of malaria outbreaks around the world because of increasing climate variability.
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Northwestern University announces the 2021 recipients of the Racial Equity and Community Partnership grants program. 21 organizations will receive either incubator or partnership grants.

Battelle, the Ohio State University and Northwestern University win $1 million grant from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to tackle misinformation and the infodemic.

Many Black women can relate to the challenges facing professional Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka and the backlash she experienced after withdrawing from the French Open to prioritize her mental health, says Northwestern Medicine psychologist Inger Burnett-Ziegler.

A pioneer in global communication studies whose work crosses borders, centering people, their cultures, habits and rituals, Boczkowski also co-leads the Center for the Study of Media and Society in Argentina, his native home and the inspiration for much of his scholarship. His most recent book, “Abundance: On the Experience of Living in a World of Information Plenty."

Inspired by Chicago’s many nearby bodies of water, a Northwestern University-led team has developed a way to repeatedly remove and reuse phosphate from polluted waters. The researchers liken the development to a “Swiss Army knife” for pollution remediation as they tailor their membrane to absorb and later release other pollutants.

Researchers have, for the first time, discovered a rare mineral hidden inside the teeth of a chiton. The mineral, called santabarbaraite, was previously only documented in rocks.

VentureCat, Northwestern University’s annual startup competition, brought together 25 of the University’s most promising startups in a battle for more than $300,000 in non-dilutive prize money.

Northwestern University Dance Marathon (NUDM) announced last night (May 26), the primary beneficiary for 2022. Chicago Youth Programs (CYP) is a nonprofit organization striving to improve the life opportunities and health of youth in low-income neighborhoods, primarily on the south and west sides of Chicago, through long-term academic, emotional and mental support.