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Illuminating the Black experience through dance and technology
February 3, 2023
In his SLIPPAGE lab at Northwestern, Tommy DeFrantz takes an innovative and interdisciplinary approach as he explores connections among performance, history, theatre and emergent technology.

Guatemalan judge named Global Jurist of the Year by Northwestern Law
February 2, 2023
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center for International Human Rights will award its eighth Global Jurist of the Year Award to Guatemalan judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez.

High-risk sexual minority men living with HIV need a new path forward
February 1, 2023
“Our primary success was in identifying Black and Latinx sexual minority men living with HIV who were not in treatment — despite being aware of their positive HIV status — and engaging them in care,” said Jagadīśa-devaśrī Dācus, co-author, assistant research professor and associate director of the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) at Northwestern University.
Racial discrimination in hiring remains a persistent problem
January 31, 2023
Decades after hiring discrimination was made illegal in many Western countries, experts predicted it would gradually disappear. But according to a major new meta-analysis from Northwestern University, discrimination in hiring has remained a persistent problem. In fact, with few exceptions, rates of hiring discrimination have changed little since the 1990s.

Transforming the way cancer vaccines are designed and made
January 30, 2023
A new way to significantly increase the potency of almost any vaccine has been developed by researchers from the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern.

Watch distant worlds dance around their sun
January 30, 2023
Using observations collected over the past 12 years, a Northwestern University astrophysicist assembled a time lapse video of four exoplanets orbiting around star HR8799.

Experts caution against watching police body-cam footage
January 27, 2023
Northwestern University experts in psychiatry and pediatrics caution people against watching the police body-cam footage released today of the October, 2022, attack on Paul Pelosi in his San Francisco home and the yet-to-be-released footage of Tyre Nichols’ attack in Memphis from earlier this month.
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Exhibition searches for meaning at the limits of science and perception
January 27, 2023
Robleto served as an artist-at-large at the McCormick School of Engineering. This unique program partnership between The Block Museum and McCormick gave the artist an open “hall pass” to learn from, collaborate with and question scientists, engineers and experts from across the University.
The five-year residency concludes with the exhibition “The Heart’s Knowledge: Science and Empathy in the Art of Dario Robleto.”

Strong support for Ryan Field redevelopment among Evanston residents, survey finds
January 26, 2023
A recent poll conducted by national public opinion research firm Impact Research shows a majority of Evanston residents support a plan to rebuild Northwestern University’s Ryan Field football stadium as a smaller, more environmentally friendly and accessible community venue.

Will Amazon’s new RxPass be able to flag potential drug interactions?
January 25, 2023
Amazon Pharmacy on Tuesday announced RxPass, its $5 monthly prescription medication subscription for Amazon Prime members. Northwestern Medicine licensed pharmacist Dr. Minoli Perera is available to discuss with media some pros of the new subscription service, such as affordability and access, and some cons, such as not being able to flag potential drug interactions.