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Northwestern University to partner with Northwestern Medicine to deliver comprehensive health service for students
August 17, 2020
Starting Sept. 1, NM will manage the clinical operations of the Northwestern University Health Service, which handles more than 30,000 annual visits from students on both university campuses.
Northwestern to partner with Northwestern Medicine to deliver comprehensive health service for students
August 17, 2020
As Northwestern University ramps up its plans for the start of the new academic year, it is partnering with Northwestern Medicine on a multi-year agreement to manage the University’s Health Service in Evanston.
Kamala Harris: 'She is an opportunity for us to revisit our assumptions about race in the U.S.'
August 14, 2020
Nitasha Sharma is available to talk about mixed race identity and politics, dual-minority biracials, Kamala Harris and Barack Obama, and Black and Asian relations.
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Northwestern Law professors available to comment on suppressing mail-in votes
August 14, 2020
Former President Barack Obama is accusing the Trump administration of trying to suppress mail-in votes
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Widespread electric vehicle adoption would save billions of dollars, thousands of lives
August 14, 2020
Northwestern researchers have combined chemistry climate modeling with public health data to evaluate the impact of electric vehicles on U.S. lives and the economy.
Will online conventions produce a rally in the polls for the candidates?
August 14, 2020
How effective will the conventions be at transmitting the candidate’s message to the public
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Tougher U.S. stance needed on Belarus, expert says
August 13, 2020
Alexander Lukashenko’s attempt to steal the election and repress protestors requires a more coordinated U.S.-led response from the international community, said Ian Kelly, former U.S. Ambassador to Georgia and ambassador (ret.) in residence at Northwestern University.
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Heart failure, hypertensive deaths rise in Black women and men
August 13, 2020
Deaths due to heart failure and heart disease are increasing in the U.S. --particularly in Black women and men-- reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
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Selection of Sen. Harris as running mate, will likely boost enthusiasm for Biden among Black voters
August 11, 2020
Joe Biden’s decision to select Sen. Kamala Harris (D-California) as his running mate means that for the first time in American history a Black woman will be on the presidential ticket of one of the two major parties.
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Research exposes new vulnerability in SARS-CoV-2
August 11, 2020
Researchers discovered that nanometer-scale electrostatic interactions enhance the novel coronavirus' spike protein bonds to host cells, making the virus more infectious.