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A revolutionary new blood test accurately identified if a patient with lymphoma will relapse after treatment and predicted their survival time. It is the latest discovery in the new technology that Northwestern scientists used to detect patients' liver cancer or diabetic complications in patients with diabetes.

Inspired by the real-life case of convicted and executed murderer Ruth Snyder, “Machinal,” Oct. 25 to Nov. 10, is considered one of the high points of Expressionist Theatre on the American stage.

Segovia Classical Guitar Series opens Oct. 11 with Grammy Award-nominated guitarist Manuel Barrueco. The five-concert series also features the dynamic Brasil Guitar Duo Feb. 9, 2020, the 2018 Guitar Foundation of America Competition winner Raphaël Feuillâtre March 13, 2020 and internationally renowned lutenist Robert Barto April 4, 2020.

With a revolutionary new approach that analyzed just a few drops of blood, scientists detected earlier and more accurately if diabetic patients had developed life-threatening vascular complications.

Using advanced data science and analytics, researchers prove that failure early in one's career leads to greater success in the future for those who try again.

Northwestern alumnus, four-time Pulitzer Prize winner and former New York Times journalist David Barstow will visit Northwestern University for a conversation on the state of investigative journalism.

New tool provides critical information for addressing the global water crisis

The New York Times recently published identifying details of the whistle-blower whose claims led Democrats to begin an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Northwestern experts are available to speak with media on this.
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The series includes “Cherry Orchard,” Nov. 24, 2019, by 2019 Larson Award winner Emily Gardner Xu Hall; “A Mother’s Song,” March 14 to 15, 2020, written by Finn Anderson and directed by Tania Azevedo; and folk-rock biography “The Battlefields of Clara Barton,” May 29, 2020, co-written by acclaimed playwright Suzan Zeder and Jennifer Hartmann Luck.

Researchers produced some of the first evidence that shows that artificial selection and natural selection act on the same genes, a hypothesis predicted by Charles Darwin in 1859.