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By using AI to mine big data related to creatives, researchers discovered that exploration directly followed by exploitation is often associated with a career hot streak.

Northwestern professors from the fields of history, political science, education and social policy are available to discuss a variety of 9/11 topics ranging from technological warfare, domestic terrorism, racial profiling, soldier morale and how teachers and parents can educate children about atrocities.
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A biomarker in the brain predicts future cognitive decline in patients with the language form of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Cognitive developmental scientists from Northwestern University discovered that observing American Sign Language (ASL) promotes cognition in hearing infants who had never been exposed to a signed language.

Americans are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at an average age of 50 years old, but a new study found the average age was four to seven years earlier in Black and Mexican American adults.

How can government slow the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.? Look to America’s unique epidemic engines: jails and prisons in America.

Burnout in resident doctors is common, especially amid COVID-19. Some have contemplated if unionizing residents could alleviate this, but unions had no impact on burnout or mistreatment, according to a new study.

Northwestern University's Office for Equity provided a letter detailing the outcome of the investigation. 

In a paper published today, members of Northwestern’s Science Policy Outreach Taskforce (SPOT) call for new government policy measures to create a path to linguistic diversity in STEM publications.

A new workshop will showcase experts developing what a growth-mindset classroom culture looks like and how it might be evaluated in future research projects.