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EVANSTON, Ill. --- In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court rejected an effort to restrict White House officials from pressuring social media companies to remove posts that were deemed problematic or misinformed by the U.S. government. The Court ruled on a technicality that the challengers, Republican attorney generals in Louisiana and Missouri and social media users, did not have legal standing to bring the case forward.
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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on Tuesday declared America’s firearm violence a public health crisis. Northwestern University faculty cited for their work in firearm violence in the Firearm Violence Advisory offer quotes below and are available for interviews with the media.
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EVANSTON, Ill. --- President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump, the presumed nominees for the 2024 presidential election, will face off in their first televised debate on Thursday in Atlanta.
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Ann Lurie, well-known Chicago and global philanthropist whose name graces some of the city’s and the Midwest’s most vital academic, cultural, social service and health care institutions, died today due to complications from a recent illness, a spokesperson for her family said. She was 79.

Northwestern University today celebrated the formal groundbreaking for the new Ryan Field, a 100% privately funded project set to bring thousands of jobs and nearly $660 million in economic impact to the City of Evanston and surrounding areas.

The link between exposure to racism during childhood and adolescence and increased risks of depression and metabolic health issues, such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Conversely, racial socialization, described as behaviors and practices that teach children about race and ethnic identity, has shown potential in mitigating these negative effects, and discussions like these could be effective in pediatric clinics, according to the first expert consensus guidance on this topic published in Pediatrics.

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated already rising rates of burnout among American health care workers. A new Northwestern University study found learning and practicing skills that increase positive emotion like gratitude, mindful awareness and self-compassion helped improve health care workers’ well-being and reduce stress and anxiety.

By studying nearby galaxy ESO320-G030, a Northwestern University-led team of international astronomers has discovered extremely powerful rotating, magnetic winds help the galaxy’s central supermassive black hole grow.

CHICAGO --- A decision by a federal judge to block President Joe Biden’s efforts to expand Title IX protections on Monday is the latest attack on LGBTQI+ rights and rights to bodily autonomy, said Kara Ingelhart, the inaugural director of the LGBTQI+ Rights Clinic at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.
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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.