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On the eve of National Coming Out Day, LGBTQ+ communities, allies and the lawmakers working for equality face a host of challenges to progress made in the last decade. Northwestern University faculty members are available to speak to media about efforts to protect marriage equality in the wake of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, “don’t say gay” in school bills, monkeypox, trans health care and more.
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Using chemical design and synthesis, the team brought together the Nobel-prize winning technology with therapeutic technology born in their own lab to overcome a critical limitation of CRISPR. Specifically, the groundbreaking work provides a system to deliver the cargo required for generating the gene editing machine known as CRISPR-Cas9.

“Gays and Gospel,” a tribute to the LGBTQ+ community and all the contributions it has made to gospel music from its genesis in the 1920’s until today will be held on “National Coming Out Day.” The free event explores the tensions, challenges and triumphs of the LGBTQ+ community in gospel music.

Kristian Hammond, an expert on artificial intelligence (AI), is available to discuss the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy yesterday unveiled a blueprint for an “AI Bill of Rights,” a set of recommendations to help rein in AI-based technologies.
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A new Northwestern Medicine study of national practices reports that physicians may be choosing to deny care to people with disabilities, and some use discretionary excuses to strategically discharge them from their practice.

Neurons in an area of the brain responsible for memory (known as the entorhinal cortex) were significantly larger in SuperAgers compared to cognitively average peers, individuals with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease and even individuals 20 to 30 years younger than SuperAgers — who are aged 80 years and older, reports a new study.

Northwestern and Minute Molecular are collaborating to develop a 15-minute, point-of-care test for monkeypox.

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.

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.

Composer and performer Joan La Barbara will visit Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music for a residency Oct. 21–29.