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Northwestern releases early design concepts for dynamic new Ryan Field
September 28, 2022
One year after announcing a transformative gift by the Pat and Shirley Ryan Family to build a new Ryan Field, Northwestern University today released renderings of a schematic design for the new stadium to replace the current 97-year-old structure.
New $35 million fund will accelerate the impact on society of Northwestern’s nearly $1 billion in annual research
September 26, 2022
A new fund will provide seed grants to Northwestern University faculty to speed up the commercialization of innovative and high-potential research in the life sciences. The Pat & Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund will advance translational research discoveries in both engineering and medicine with the potential to have a meaningful and immediate impact on society.
‘Living legend’ Joan La Barbara visits Bienen School of Music
September 23, 2022
Composer and performer Joan La Barbara will visit Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music for a residency Oct. 21–29.
Martins drive support for Law School faculty through matching gift challenge
September 22, 2022
Past chair of Northwestern University’s Board of Trustees J. Landis “Lanny” Martin ’68, ’73 JD, ’22 H and Sharon Martin (’02, ’08 P) have made a $3 million gift to endow faculty positions at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
New global primary care center to foster health care equity in the developing world
September 21, 2022
A gift from the Patrick G. ’59, ’09 H (’97, ’00 P) and Shirley W. Ryan ’61, ’19 H (’97, ’00 P) Family will endow the Ryan Family Center for Global Primary Care within Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health, whose mission is to improve health for a better world.
Grant will help support underrepresented faculty recruitment and equity
September 20, 2022
A transformative grant awarded to Northwestern totaling $16 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aims to disrupt systemic barriers that impede the full participation of underrepresented groups by funding the cluster hiring of new faculty in the areas of cancer, cardiovascular, and brain and behavioral sciences.
Ryan Family gift for applied economics honors Northwestern President Emeritus Morton Schapiro
September 16, 2022 – from Northwestern Now
A gift from the Patrick G. ’59, ’09 H and Shirley W. Ryan ’61, ’19 H (’97, ’00 P) Family will establish the Morton Schapiro Center for Applied Economics at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. The gift honors Morton Schapiro, one of the nation’s leading higher education economists, who became Northwestern’s president emeritus in September after 13 years leading the University.
Age restriction lifted for gender-affirming surgery in new international guidelines
September 16, 2022
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) today announced its updated Standards of Care and Ethical Guidelines for health professionals. Among the updates is a new suggestion to lift the age restriction for youth seeking gender-affirming surgical treatment, in comparison to previous suggestion of surgery at 17 or older.
Why Latinas are being targeted with abortion misinformation
September 15, 2022
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in June, Latino communities have been facing a barrage of Spanish-language misinformation and disinformation about abortion.
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‘No data to support fetal pain at 15 weeks gestational age’
September 14, 2022
Northwestern Medicine OB-GYN Dr. Melissa Simon said Sen. Lindsey Graham’s proposed 15-week abortion ban, “Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act,” which claims that a fetus develops pain receptors at seven weeks gestational age, “has no scientific basis. There are no data that support fetal experience of pain at 15 weeks gestational age."
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