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                Parneshia Jones named director of Northwestern University Press
September 16, 2020 – from Northwestern Now
                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
                
            
        Kellogg professor available on key factors driving a surge in corporate mergers
September 15, 2020
                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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                National Survey: Americans’ Approval of Governors’ Ability to Handle COVID-19 Continues to Decline
September 14, 2020
                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. 
                    
                    
                
            
        
                Wirtz Center’s ‘Imagine U Storytime’ returns September 20
September 14, 2020
                Global fairytales from Japan and South Africa and contemporary classics “The Rainbow Fish” and “Frozen,” will mark the return of “Imagine U Storytime
                    
                    
                
            
        
                ‘Stranger Than Fiction: This is America’ makes for a fitting fall exhibition
September 10, 2020
                Emerging artists Nguyen Tran and Henry Sandifer approach that question in a new exhibit that will run from Sept. 25 to Nov. 15 
                    
                    
                
            
        
                Northwestern scientists join forces with artists to prompt climate change action
September 10, 2020
                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.
                    
                    
                
            
        
                Research funding breaks through to $887 million
September 9, 2020
                A global pandemic has not blunted Northwestern University’s remarkable research enterprise,  which has grown to $886 million for fiscal year 2020, closing Aug. 31. The new figure represents an 11% increase over last year’s record-setting total of $797.8 million and makes Northwestern the largest academic research site in the state of Illinois.
                    
                    
                
            
        
                Two recent legal victories strengthen Indian Country’s jurisdictional landscape
September 8, 2020
                Historian Doug Kiel discusses important Indian law cases 
                    
                    
                
            
        
                New surgical tools with smart sensors can advance cardiac surgery and therapy
September 7, 2020
                A new class of medical instruments equipped with a soft electronics system improves diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
                    
                    
                
            
        
                Battery-free Game Boy runs forever
September 3, 2020
                Retro Game Boy is the first-ever battery-free, energy-harvesting, interactive device. The research offers a sustainable alternative to batteries, which end up in landfills.