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Northwestern University scholars can speak to the medical, public health and economic angles of the coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic.
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Find experts available to comment on presidential politics - from economic policy to the COVID-19 federal response and more.
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As wildfires break historic records along the West Coast and Hurricane Sally pummels the Gulf Coast, Northwestern University professors discuss how political polarization impacts public opinion around the crises and what governments can do in response.
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The erosion of trust has implications for whether Americans’ intend to take a COVID-19 vaccine when it’s available. Just under 6 in 10 people surveyed (59%) said they would get a COVID-19 vaccination, a seven-point decline from late July (66%).

Parneshia Jones, who has advanced Northwestern University Press (NUP) as editor for the last two decades, will take the helm as its new director. Jones becomes one of only two Black women currently leading a university press

Corporate mergers are likely to intensify as the stock market soars and the pandemic forces companies to reposition themselves in the face of an accelerating digital transformation, said Northwestern University professor Thomas Lys.
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Governors saw their approval ratings slip to 48% on average in August—a 3% drop from last month, even as President Donald Trump’s approval rating edged up slightly—according to the latest survey results looking at Americans’ attitudes and behaviors around COVID-19.

Global fairytales from Japan and South Africa and contemporary classics “The Rainbow Fish” and “Frozen,” will mark the return of “Imagine U Storytime

Emerging artists Nguyen Tran and Henry Sandifer approach that question in a new exhibit that will run from Sept. 25 to Nov. 15

Aaron Packman and Daniel Horton joined an interdisciplinary collaboration of scientists and artists engaged in a discussion of the impact of climate change and mitigation solutions for Chicago.