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Northwestern University has selected eight innovative and high-potential research projects in the life sciences to receive critical seed funding from the Pat & Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund.

A new, national, peer-reviewed survey, show young people aged 13 to 17 who identify as LGBTQ+ believe crucial topics surrounding sexual orientation and gender identity are being omitted from sexual health-education programs, which could force them to seek potentially inaccurate or dangerous advice elsewhere.

Northwestern University today announced the creation of a new administrator-level position dedicated to the oversight of the University’s athletics strategy and approach to the new era of collegiate athletics. Dr. Derrick Gragg, current Combe Family Vice President for Athletics and Recreation, has been appointed to the role with the title Vice President for Athletic Strategy.

Just three days before Father’s Day (June 16), Northwestern University fatherhood expert Dr. Craig Garfield will speak about the importance of fathers’ health.
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Northwestern University nanoscientist Chad Mirkin has been awarded The 2024 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Mirkin is the first Northwestern scientist to receive the prestigious award.

Microbes respire three times as much carbon dioxide (CO2) from non-sugar carbons from lignin compared to sugar from cellulose. Although microbes consume both types of plant matter at the same time, each type enters a different metabolic pathway

A new Northwestern University study has discovered that the brain’s structural features reside either at or close to a structural phase transition. Surprisingly, these results are consistent across brains from humans, mice and fruit flies, which suggests the finding might be universal.

Instead of the typical outdoor backdrop of Ryan Field, which is currently being rebuilt, Northwestern’s 166th Commencement was held inside the United Center in downtown Chicago, where a jumbotron featured faces of the 7,720 graduates as they processed to their seats.

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new antioxidant biomaterial that someday could provide much-needed relief to people living with chronic pancreatitis.

Northwestern’s 166th commencement ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 9, at the United Center in Chicago. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Northwestern’s Graduation Weekend 2024 website.