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“The post-presidency of Jimmy Carter is unique in many ways. Largely unwritten are accounts of the cutting-edge programs created at the Carter Center,” said Richard Joseph, political science professor emeritus at Northwestern University. Professors from history, journalism and political science offer political, historical and personal assessment of Jimmy Carter.
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Risk to public remains low, but virus could mutate and become more transmissible
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As more products begin to depend on battery-based energy storage systems, shifting away from metal-based solutions will be critical to facilitating the green energy transition. A team at Northwestern University has transformed an organic industrial-scale waste product into an efficient storage agent for sustainable energy solutions that can one day be applied at much larger scales.

Northwestern University is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine, the world’s largest monetary award for achievement in nanomedicine.

The annual MLK Commemoration celebration at Northwestern University leans into Chicago’s history and ongoing efforts to reverse the harms of housing segregation.

EVANSTON, Ill. --- As the Biden Administration comes to an end, Northwestern University economist Kirabo Jackson, former member of President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), will share his insights and discuss his time at the White House.
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U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on Friday called for cancer warning labels to be added to alcohol, citing that alcohol increases the risk of developing at least seven types of cancer.
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Nobel laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart, a Board of Trustees Professor at Northwestern University, died Dec. 30. He was 82.

Northwestern University engineers are the first to successfully demonstrate quantum teleportation over a fiber optic cable already carrying Internet traffic.

Northwestern University experts are available to comment on the Presidential transition, Trump's first 100 days and more
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