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Gov. JB Pritzker named Commencement speaker
March 15, 2023
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will deliver this year’s commencement address at Northwestern University.
Three opera stars headline Bienen School of Music spring series
March 14, 2023
The Bienen School of Music will host three stars of the opera world for a series of spring public events, including bass-baritone Davóne Tines who will perform his work “Recital No. 1: Mass.”
Dim lights before bedtime to reduce risk of gestational diabetes
March 13, 2023
Pregnant persons should dim the lights in their home and turn off or at least dim their screens (computer monitors and smartphones) a few hours before bedtime to reduce the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus, a new study shows.
A surprising way to trap a microparticle
March 8, 2023
New study finds obstacles can trap rolling microparticles in fluid. Through simulations and experiments, physicists attribute the trapping effect to stagnant pockets of fluid, created by hydrodynamics.
March 17: Match Day for Northwestern medical students
March 8, 2023
The Match Day drama for graduating medical students from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine begins at 10:15 a.m. (CT) Friday, March 17. At this annual event, Northwestern students receive the envelopes that reveal where they will train as residents for the next three to seven years.
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A pen designed for Parkinson’s patients
March 7, 2023
Since its founding, SteadyScrib has tested a product on more than 40 individuals in the effort to develop a pen that negates the tremors experienced by Parkinson’s disease sufferers.
Banning drag performances won’t help youth mental health crisis
March 7, 2023
As South Carolina, Texas and Arizona have already introduced or moved forward on passing anti-drag legislation, in part due to Tennessee’s new bills, experts at Northwestern University worry this marks the beginning of rolling back growing protections for trans people in the U.S.
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Some ‘allies’ don’t want gay neighbors
March 6, 2023
When legal systems choose to offer no protections to sexual minorities, even avid LGBTQ supporters would reject their gay neighbors, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Experts available on ChatGPT and AI language models
March 3, 2023
Northwestern University experts are available to discuss the ethical and technical impact of OpenAI's ChatGPT and other large language models on fields from journalism to education.
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AI experts available in variety of disciplines
March 3, 2023
Northwestern University experts are available to discuss the ethical and technical impact artificial intelligence has on everything from medicine to education.
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