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Northwestern challenges new ICE directive on international students
July 13, 2020
Northwestern is participating in a lawsuit filed today by the Illinois attorney general and attorneys general from 17 other states alleging that the new guidance from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is harmful to both international students and to the American universities that enroll them.

New therapy extends breast cancer survival rate, prevents reoccurrence
July 13, 2020
New immunotherapy comprises two immunity-boosting drugs housed inside a spherical nanoparticle, which can more easily enter and stimulate the immune system to fight off cancer.
Faster COVID-19 test results are critical to saving lives and restarting the economy
July 9, 2020
Faster results from COVID-19 tests could save hundreds of lives in Illinois and likely thousands of lives nationally, said a Northwestern Medicine disease modeling expert.
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Fair justice systems need open data access
July 9, 2020
Researchers are developing an artificial intelligence tool to find insights hidden inside decades of federal courtroom data, enabling others to ask if the justice system is fair.

New COVID-19 webinar series focuses on reopening cities across the country
July 8, 2020
Northwestern University is launching a new weekly COVID-19 series of roundtables with transportation industry professionals who are working toward the safe and strategic reopening of cities.

New biomaterial could shield against harmful radiation
July 8, 2020
Researchers have created a new form of melanin, called selenomelanin, that has the ability to protect human tissue from X-rays during medical treatment, spaceflight and more.

Your necklace knows you binged on Chunky Monkey
July 8, 2020
A new necklace created at Northwestern University can detect in real time when people are eating and if they're overeating. It is intended to help thwart overeating in people with obesity.

Northwestern Virtual Orchestra soothes health care providers
July 7, 2020
While Northwestern Medicine health care providers cared for patients with COVID-19, 37 musicians cared for the doctors, nurses and other health care workers with a virtual performance.

‘Latinos aren’t naturally liberal or conservative’
July 6, 2020
In “The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, From Nixon to Trump,” author argues politicians need to take Hispanics seriously as political actors.

One-drop test for water contamination
July 6, 2020
New handheld platform uses one sample to provide an easy-to-read positive or negative result. When it detects a contaminant exceeding the EPA's standards, it glows green.