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A new $5 million gift from Patricia Bao ’13 Ph.D. will advance research at Northwestern University that examines the future of technology and its ability to enhance the lives of people around the world. Bao’s gift will support Northwestern’s Center for Human-Computer Interaction and Design (HCI+D), a collaboration between the University’s McCormick School of Engineering and School of Communication (SoC).

Ketamine is the speedster of antidepressants, working within hours compared to more common antidepressants that can take several weeks. But ketamine can only be given for a limited amount of time because of its many side effects.

For nearly five decades, Northwestern University Dance Marathon (NUDM) has raised more than $23 million for various Evanston and Chicago-area charities. Next year, students will lace up their shoes and dance the night away March 3-5 to raise vital funds for Little Heroes League, NUDM’s primary beneficiary for 2023. The nonprofit organization provides care coordination services to the most medically complex babies born in Chicagoland.

Sixty percent of violence intervention workers in Chicago have witnessed a shooting attempt; 32% have witnessed someone else get shot while at work; 20% have been shot at while at work; and another 2% have been shot at and injured on the job. These are among the sobering findings of the Violence Intervention Worker Study (VIeWS), a landmark study conducted by Northwestern University and the University at Albany, SUNY.

As the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States is now firearms, two new publications authored by scientists from Northwestern Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago discuss how and why these deaths can and should be prevented. 

Scholars from Northwestern University and beyond will gather June 2 and 3 to celebrate the contributions of professor emeritus Hamid Naficy, a global authority on Iranian cinema and diaspora studies.

Engineers have integrated their lead-less transient pacemaker into a coordinated network of four soft, flexible, wireless, wearable sensors and control units placed around the upper body.

Media are invited June 2 to attend a 30-minute virtual event in which sociologists from Northwestern University and the University at Albany, SUNY, will present key findings and respond to media questions on the landmark Violence Intervention Workers Study (VIeWS).
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Najia Mahmodi, a former Afghan prosecutor known for her work combating violence against women, will speak at Northwestern University on Tuesday, May 31, at 12:30 p.m. Central Time.
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Patricia M. Lampkin will become Northwestern University’s interim vice president for Student Affairs beginning Aug. 1, the University announced today. Lampkin served as vice president and chief student affairs officer at the University of Virginia (UVA) until she retired in 2021. She spent four decades at UVA, the last 19 as vice president.