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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.

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.

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.

E. Patrick Johnson, professor of African American studies and performance studies, shares “Precious and the Boo Hag,” a children’s fairytale by Patricia C. McKissack and Onawumi Jean Moss, as the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts at Northwestern University “Imagine U Storytime” series continues on the Wirtz Center YouTube channel.

Racial wealth gap growing for families with children

The grant will fund researchers to develop smart face masks embedded with battery-free sensors to assess proper fit and monitor health. The smart PPE also will be able to sense if the wearer is fatigued or having difficulty breathing.

Despite numerous efforts to increase the representation of females as research subjects, females are still an afterthought in research, a new Northwestern Medicine study found.

Americans’ trust in institutions to handle COVID-19 is fading

In one of the largest ever investigations of mentorship, researchers found that the most impactful mentors teach students to think independently and communicate effectively.

Imprecise findings in COVID-19 drug trials could steer clinicians away from innovative treatments
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