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Nominations invited for $250,000 Kabiller Prize

February 11, 2021
Northwestern University is now accepting nominations for two prestigious international prizes: the $250,000 Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine, and the $10,000 Kabiller Young Investigator Award.
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Two-thirds of parents voice concern about K–12 students’ learning losses

February 9, 2021
Two-thirds of respondents (67%), whether students or parents, say they are concerned about the quality of K–12 learning during the pandemic, according to a new national survey of more than 25,000 people by Northwestern, Northeastern, Rutgers and Harvard universities. The finding holds across respondents from different racial backgrounds, incomes and political affiliations.
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From college student to CEO

February 9, 2021
Sarah Ahmad has always been interested in entrepreneurship. But during the summer before her senior year, she had a difficult decision to make: take the prestigious internship she was offered that would pay well and look good on her resume, or spend the summer working on her startup?
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Gun sales spiked in 2020 amid pandemic, social justice protests

February 5, 2021
Amid the protests and turbulence of 2020, Americans set a new record for gun purchases, with the FBI tallying a new high of 21 million background checks over the year. That was an increase of 26% over the 2016 record of 15.7 million.