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Comforting, monitoring 7,600 COVID patients at home
June 16, 2020
Northwestern Medicine's daily home-monitoring program of patients presumed positive for COVID-19 has helped catch patients before their condition has dangerously deteriorated

Hunting in savanna-like landscapes may have poured jet fuel on brain evolution
June 16, 2020
Researchers recently discovered that complex terrestrial landscapes might have helped land-dwelling animals evolve higher intelligence than their aquatic ancestors.

‘Caravans of Gold’ app reaches global audience by going small
June 15, 2020
The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University has released a free mobile web app designed to share the groundbreaking touring exhibition “Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time” with international audiences.
Webinar: The great unraveling? Media, geopolitics and the COVID-19 pandemic
June 15, 2020
Incoming Northwestern University-Qatar (NU-Q) dean, Marwan M. Kraidy, will give a “tour d’horizon” of the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on media and geopolitics.
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Northwestern professors available on historic ruling on LGBTQ employment discrimination
June 15, 2020
Northwestern professors available on historic ruling on LGBTQ employment discrimination
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Dads being more involved in kids’ lives is silver lining of COVID-19
June 12, 2020
As Father’s Day approaches, Northwestern pediatrician Dr. Craig Garfield points out a silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine: Dads’ increased time with their kids.
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E. Patrick Johnson named School of Communication dean
June 12, 2020
After a national search for candidates, E. Patrick Johnson has been named dean of Northwestern University’s School of Communication, the university announced today.

Women’s Center names Hankyeol Song as first Feminist-in-Residence
June 12, 2020
This residency program invites activists, artists, engaged scholars, practitioners and educators to campus for one academic year to further their independent feminist work and incubate projects that further the Women’s Center’s mission and goals.

COVID-19 threatens the entire nervous system
June 11, 2020
A new review of neurological symptoms of COVID-19 patients in reveals the disease poses a global threat to the entire nervous system, reports a Northwestern Medicine study published this week.

Tiny pump builds polyrotaxanes with precision
June 11, 2020
Researchers have developed the most precise way to build polyrotaxanes, using tiny artificial molecular pumps to install rings onto each end of a polymer string.