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For Journalists, a new website from Northwestern University, provides all the tools journalists need to tell a story, from a faculty experts database to multimedia for research publiications.
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The prize, to be awarded in spring 2020, honors contemporary composers of outstanding achievement who have significantly influenced the field of composition. Previous winners include John Adams, Oliver Knussen, Kaija Saariaho, John Luther Adams, Aaron Jay Kernis, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Steve Reich and Jennifer Higdon.

A new Northwestern University study has discovered that the packing of the three-dimensional genome structure, called chromatin, controls how cells respond to stress.

Northwestern Medicine Director of Thoracic Oncology Dr. Jyoti Patel is available to speak to reporters today about factors that have attributed to this decline in lung cancer death rates.

The Johnny Mercer Foundation (JMF) and the American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) at Northwestern University are seeking the nation’s most talented young songwriters and writing teams for the 15th annual Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project. The free, weeklong songwriting workshop will take place June 21 to 27 on Northwestern’s Evanston campus.

Northwestern University’s Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts presents “Legally Blonde: The Musical” Feb. 14 to March 1.

Less than 24 hours after President Trump ordered a drone strike in Iraq that killed Qasem Soleimani, one of Iran’s top military leaders, debate rages about what will happen next in U.S.-Iranian relations.
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The series includes Sarah Ruhl’s 2003 play “Eurydice,” Jan. 31 to Feb. 2; Manuel Puig’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” May 1 to 3; and Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie,” May 22 to 24.

A new dramatic writing professorship will significantly expand course offerings and teaching opportunities, thanks to a $2 million gift from the Berlanti Family Foundation.

A new Artificial Intelligence model detects and predicts breast cancer in mammography scans more accurately than radiologists, reducing false positives and false negatives.