Latest Releases

After studying microbial communities living on bristles from used toothbrushes, researchers found those communities matched microbes commonly found inside the mouth and on skin.

New research shows finds most favor vaccination, and suggests your doctor is the best person to convince you to get one.

Northwestern experts Alvin B. Tillery and Doug Kiel are available to comment the Biden-Harris administration's racial justice executive actions signed on Jan. 26.
* Media Advisory

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a novel therapy to trick cancer cells into gobbling up what they think is their favorite food -– cholesterol – which actually triggers their destruction.

Northwestern University professors from political science and the Pritzker School of Law are available to comment on how the trial might proceed and impact a President who is no longer in office.
* Media Advisory

Northwestern University experts are available to comment on the potential impact of President Biden executive orders to increase food assistance and worker protections and deliver stimulus checks.
* Media Advisory

Gov. Pritzker named six with Northwestern ties to the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission, including co-chair Danny Cohen.

By examining fruit flies’ brain activity and behavior, researchers found that deep sleep has an ancient, restorative power to clear waste, including toxic proteins, from the brain

The Biden-Harris administration plans to enact several executive actions following the Jan. 20 inauguration, including establishing paths to citizenship for immigrants and rejoining the Paris Accord. Congressional hearings also are underway to review President-elect Joe Biden’s picks to fill several key cabinet positions, some setting historic precedent such as the first woman as Secretary of the Treasury, among others.
* Media Advisory

Annelise Riles, executive director of Northwestern University’s Roberta Buffett Institute for Global affairs and an expert on the views of financial regulators and central bankers, is available to comment on the nomination of Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary.
* Media Advisory