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Starting your career path on the wrong foot
January 13, 2020
Starting on a career path during a deep recession can take years off your life, according to a new Northwestern University study.

Northwestern MLK Dream Week events highlight ‘me too.’ Movement
January 10, 2020
Northwestern Law Professor Deborah Tuerkheimer will present a talk for students on “Disclosing in the Time of #MeToo.” The talk covers the rise of informal reporting on social media and other unofficial channels, and how survivors could be impacted.
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Military action against Iran gives Biden opportunity to highlight foreign policy experience, political scientists say
January 10, 2020
Military action against Iran gives Biden opportunity to highlight foreign policy experience
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Chromatin organizes itself into 3D ‘forests’ in single cells
January 10, 2020
A Northwestern University research team -- using mathematical modeling and optical imaging they developed themselves -- has discovered how chromatin folds at the single-cell level.
Decoding hidden brain conversations to advance neuroprostheses
January 9, 2020
Northwestern scientists have new findings related to neural activity that could allow patients with paralysis voluntary control of a computer cursor, a robot limb or even their own reanimated limb.
One-stop shopping for journalists on deadline
January 9, 2020
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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Bienen School of Music seeks nominations for $100,000 Nemmers prize
January 9, 2020
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.

Disorderly DNA helps cancer cells evade treatment
January 8, 2020
A new Northwestern University study has discovered that the packing of the three-dimensional genome structure, called chromatin, controls how cells respond to stress.
Lung cancer expert says declining death rates ‘attributable to immunotherapy’
January 8, 2020
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.

15th annual Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project seeks submissions for 2020
January 6, 2020
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.