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Political retribution doesn’t pay — even with partisan voters
June 11, 2025
A new study by Northwestern University asks whether voters approve of politicians who use the power of their office to retaliate against corporate political speech criticizing the politician’s actions.

New ‘molecular GPS’ will fast-track drug discovery
June 9, 2025
Scientists at Northwestern University have developed the largest open-access resource of its kind to help researchers shave off months of early-stage drug development time by allowing them to better understand diseases and find potential treatments.
Medill will launch hub to provide services to Chicago news outlets
June 9, 2025
The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has awarded a $3.6 million, three-year grant to the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern to expand the University’s work to strengthen local news and scholastic journalism in Illinois.

AI identifies key gene sets that cause complex disease
June 9, 2025
Northwestern University biophysicists have developed a new computational tool for identifying the gene combinations underlying complex illnesses like diabetes, cancer and asthma.

New AI transforms radiology with speed, accuracy never seen before
June 5, 2025
A first-of-its-kind generative AI system, developed in-house at Northwestern Medicine, is revolutionizing radiology — boosting productivity, identifying life-threatening conditions in milliseconds and offering a breakthrough solution to the global radiologist shortage, a large new study finds.

TikTok teen skin-care routines are harmful
June 4, 2025
In the first peer-reviewed study to examine the potential risks and benefits of teen skin-care routines posted on social media, scientists at Northwestern Medicine found girls ages 7 to 18 are using an average of six different products on their faces, with some girls using more than a dozen products.

Masi Asare appointed new artistic director of Northwestern’s American Music Theatre Project
June 3, 2025
Northwestern University's School of Communication announces the appointment of award-winning composer, lyricist and scholar Masi Asare as the new Artistic Director of the American Music Theatre Project.

Experts available on upcoming Supreme Court rulings
May 30, 2025
Northwestern faculty are available on upcoming Supreme Court rulings expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

Federal job cuts and deportations could worsen the wage theft problem
May 29, 2025
A new report by the Workplace Justice Lab @ Rutgers University and Northwestern University reveals that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, already working with a skeleton staff of investigators for many years, just hit its lowest headcount since at least 1973.

Menopause drug may help prevent invasive breast cancer, clinical trial finds
May 29, 2025
A drug already approved by the FDA to treat menopause symptoms may also help prevent invasive breast cancer, according to new findings from a multi-center phase 2 clinical trial led by Northwestern Medicine.
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