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Police training reduced complaints and use of force against civilians

Synthetic biologists received funding to develop an easy-to-use, quick-screen technology that can test for infectious diseases, including COVID-19, in the body or the environment.

Imagine U Storytime videos can be accessed on the new Wirtz Center YouTube channel as part of the Wirtz Center's ongoing effort to #sharethearts and connect audiences with high-quality arts experiences across its digital channels. The weekly video installments, each lasting 15 minutes, will premiere Sundays at 6 p.m., and will remain posted for streaming after their premiere date.

The Northwestern University Transportation Center will hold its third Asynchronous Virtual Roundtable, “Ocean Shipping and Supply Chains Under COVID-19,” at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 16.

President Trump’s decision on Tuesday that he will suspend payments to the World Health Organization (WHO) may further erode U.S. global influence around the world, and invite rivals such as China and Russia to fill the vacuum.
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Northwestern is collaborating with Rheaply to launch Emergency Resource Exchange (ERx), a new platform to help connect organizations with PPE and other critical medical supplies.

Is Obama endorsement coming too late to matter to Joe Biden’s political fortunes

Small businesses across the U.S. have applied for aid from the government’s Paycheck Protection Program. Northwestern expert comments on economics of small business loans.
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Researchers are developing new peptide-based therapeutics for targeting and disabling the coronavirus’ so-called “spike proteins," which infect healthy cells to cause COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting how certain populations, namely African-Americans, in some cities are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than other populations.
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