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Not giving Grandma COVID-19 is this holiday season’s best gift
October 19, 2020
When families disagree about COVID-19 safety precautions, planning holiday celebrations is fraught with conflict and potential risk. With the recent spike in cases, should we be gathering at all?
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Research shows link between criminal arrests and ‘America First’ ideology
October 14, 2020
Sociology and law researchers find an association between “America First” beliefs and lifetime criminal arrests. John Hagan is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Law in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
‘Finding Yingying’ streams at the Chicago International Film Festival Oct. 14-25
October 14, 2020
Jiayan “Jenny” Shi saw herself in Yingying Zhang, the young woman who disappeared from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s campus in June 2017. Shi decided to pick up a camera and follow the Zhang family’s quest for truth and justice, thousands of miles away from their home in China.
Health care, gun policies expected to be a focus during Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings
October 12, 2020
Senator Kamala Harris faces the atypical situation of serving as a member of the Senate judiciary committee during a Supreme Court confirmation hearing while simultaneously seeking the second-highest office in the land.
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Northwestern will honor legacy of music theatre alum Kelsey Pharr, Jr.
October 12, 2020
The speaker series is named in honor of one of Northwestern’s earliest Black alums to find success in musical theatre. Kelsey Pharr, Jr. (1917-1961) starred in the 1937 and 1939 Waa-Mu shows before performing on Broadway and touring the world with the Delta Rhythm Boys vocal group.
Winter mental health amid Covid-19
October 12, 2020
Winter is known to present numerous mental health challenges and amid Covid-19, it will prove to be even more challenging than normal, Northwestern Medicine psychiatrists predict. African-Americans will likely be impacted the most.
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Nobel Peace Prize: ‘Food insecurity is integral to a stable community’
October 9, 2020
Northwestern University professor Sera Young, a global expert on food and water insecurity, is available to comment on the impact of hunger in today’s world.
Northwestern professors available on domestic terrorism, 25th Amendment
October 9, 2020
Historian Kevin Boyle teaches and writes about political extremism in the 20th century.
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Survey shows why 2020’s ‘Election Day’ might turn into ‘Election Week’
October 9, 2020
A new survey indicates why Americans might see President Trump ahead at the end of election night on Nov. 3, but then see Biden pull ahead and declared the winner by the end the week.
Wirtz Center announces online subscription package for fall
October 8, 2020
The three-play series includes a reading of Alice Childress’s civil rights era drama “Wine in the Wilderness,” an experimental adaptation of “Antigone” and an evening of student-created multidisciplinary works responding to the current moment.