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Just three days before Father’s Day (June 16), Northwestern University fatherhood expert Dr. Craig Garfield will speak about the importance of fathers’ health.
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Northwestern University nanoscientist Chad Mirkin has been awarded The 2024 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Mirkin is the first Northwestern scientist to receive the prestigious award.

Microbes respire three times as much carbon dioxide (CO2) from non-sugar carbons from lignin compared to sugar from cellulose. Although microbes consume both types of plant matter at the same time, each type enters a different metabolic pathway

A new Northwestern University study has discovered that the brain’s structural features reside either at or close to a structural phase transition. Surprisingly, these results are consistent across brains from humans, mice and fruit flies, which suggests the finding might be universal.

Instead of the typical outdoor backdrop of Ryan Field, which is currently being rebuilt, Northwestern’s 166th Commencement was held inside the United Center in downtown Chicago, where a jumbotron featured faces of the 7,720 graduates as they processed to their seats.

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new antioxidant biomaterial that someday could provide much-needed relief to people living with chronic pancreatitis.

Northwestern’s 166th commencement ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, June 9, at the United Center in Chicago. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Northwestern’s Graduation Weekend 2024 website.

Between 2005 and 2020, the number of children facing simultaneous water and food insecurity in the United States more than doubled. Additionally, Black and Hispanic children were several times more likely than white children to experience food and water insecurity at the same time. This is according to new research by Asher Rosinger, associate professor of biobehavioral health and anthropology at Penn State, and Sera Young, associate professor of anthropology at Northwestern University.

Northwestern University Dance Marathon (NUDM) is partnering with Chicago HOPES for Kids when the popular student run philanthropy effort returns in spring quarter of 2025. Chicago HOPES is a nonprofit that provides educational and holistic support to Chicago students experiencing homelessness

Northwestern University has announced the winners of the 2024 Nemmers Prizes in Earth sciences, economics and mathematics. The biennial prizes recognize top scholars for their lasting contributions to new knowledge, outstanding achievements and the development of significant new modes of analysis.