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Women physicians don't reap as many professional benefits as men while social media networking, a new Northwestern Medicine study reports. They're also more likely to be sexually harassed online.

Researchers have signed a $33 million cooperative agreement with DARPA to develop a living pharmacy implant that could halve the time it takes to recover from jetlag.

Mike Polisky has stepped down from his role at Northwestern’s Combe Family Vice President for Athletics & Recreation, Polisky informed President Morton Schapiro today.

Sarah Klaper has been named as Northwestern University’s first Ombudsperson, Provost Kathleen Hagerty announced today. She was hired following a national search.

Northwestern University political scientists weigh in on what this means for the Republican party and ongoing bipartisan cooperation in Congress.
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A new Northwestern Medicine study of placentas from patients who received the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy found the COVID-19 vaccine does not damage the placenta in pregnancy.

Hari M. Osofsky, dean of Penn State Law and the Penn State School of International Affairs and Distinguished Professor of Law, professor of international affairs and professor of geography, has been appointed dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, effective Aug. 1. She is also appointed the Myra and James Bradwell Professor.

Now that the FDA has approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents, the next step will be to overcome vaccine hesitancy, including debunking the myth that it leads to infertility.
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Anthropologists and nutritionists from Northwestern, Cornell University and Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology conducted a groundbreaking study that demonstrated that farmer-to-farmer training can boost nutrition and well-being.

Soft, comfortable sensors are the first to comprehensively monitor pregnant women and their babies without wires throughout pregnancy, labor and recovery.