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transgender study in chicago

Largest survey on trans people to launch in Chicago

June 3, 2021
The Chicago Area Trans Survey collect information from 30,000 trans individuals in Cook County on their experiences, needs and lives, which will provide trans people with data to back up requests for services and aid.
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Northwestern researcher Austin Evans named a 2021 Schmidt Science Fellow

June 3, 2021
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.
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Malaria, climate expert available ahead of June 5 World Environment Day

June 3, 2021
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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What Naomi Osaka taught women, especially Black women

June 1, 2021
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.
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Where so many see information overload, Pablo Boczkowski finds abundance

June 1, 2021 – from Northwestern Now
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."
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New ‘Swiss Army knife’ cleans up water pollution

June 1, 2021
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.
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Rare mineral from rocks found in mollusk teeth

May 31, 2021
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.