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Peterson Foundation grant to fuel COVID-19 research at Northwestern

April 1, 2021
This two-year project will help inform and improve future pandemic response policies, focusing on health care and the economy, and is funded by a $1 million grant from the Peterson Foundation, a nonpartisan organization promoting fiscal sustainability and economic strength and increasing public awareness of key fiscal challenges.
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Northwestern football star kicks off ‘Imagine U Storytime’ lineup

March 31, 2021
Airing on the Wirtz Center YouTube channel, the weekly video series continues until June with stories, including “Let’s Imagine with Harold and the Purple Crayon!” and a Korean folktale titled “The Tale of Shimcheong.” New videos are posted at 6 p.m. on Sundays and remain online for streaming.
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Fooling coronavirus with new decoy protein renders it impotent

March 29, 2021
A novel protein designed by Northwestern Medicine scientists significantly reduced lung damage and resulted in only mild symptoms in mice infected with SARS-Cov-2 while untreated animals in this model all succumbed to the infection.
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Political beliefs shape whether we notice social inequality

March 29, 2021
Those on the left of the political spectrum are more likely than those on the right to notice social inequality, but only when it affects typically disadvantaged groups, a new study from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University has shown.