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Wearable COVID monitoring system enters clinical trials for early diagnostics and tracking symptoms of the illness. Data from the trials will feed algorithms for early detection.

Data scientist runs hourly Georgia election forecasts for the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff. New model uses data from the betting market to make daily prediction updates.

The free weeklong songwriting workshop will take place virtually from June 20-26, 2021. The program will accept applications from Jan. 1 to Feb. 28, 2021, from aspiring songwriters, between the ages of 18 and 30 working in any popular music style. The application form, guidelines and full details are available online at the Project’s website.

Political polarization and a history of mistrusting scientific experiments lie behind the skepticism many Americans have toward vaccination, according to experts from Northwestern University.
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The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and NPR released a national survey of nonvoters that found most nonvoters chose not to vote due to widespread feelings of political alienation and apathy.

Faculty and students at Northwestern’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music used 21st-century technology to rehearse and film the 17th-century opera. "Orfeo remote" will launch Jan. 15, 2021, on YouTube. Subsequent episodes will be released weekly through Feb. 12, 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating increased interest in infectious disease careers and driving enrollment in undergraduate life sciences, such as medicine.

Check out some of the biggest 2020 research stories from Northwestern University.
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Northwestern interdisciplinary team has also been working to make public court records more freely accessible

Northwestern is firmly committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, and strongly disagrees with Joseph Epstein’s misogynistic views.