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Northwestern experts available to discuss Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, legacy

September 8, 2022
The United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, died this afternoon at her Balmoral Castle residence in Scotland. A figure of stability and tradition during her reign of seven decades, her death constitutes a moment of transition for the U.K. Below, Northwestern experts offer thoughts on the Queen’s life and legacy.
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Atlanta Federal Reserve president to deliver IPR distinguished lecture at Northwestern

September 8, 2022
Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, will deliver the 2022 Fall Distinguished Public Policy Lecture at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research (IPR) on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at 3 p.m. CDT. The lecture is cosponsored with the Public Action and the Social Compact (PACT) program in the Kellogg School of Management and will cover the battle against inflation.
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Drops in life expectancy raise alarm among physicians

September 1, 2022
Northwestern University's Dr. Clyde Yancy is available to comment on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recent announcement that the U.S. life expectancy fell to its lowest in decades, dropping to 76.1 years in 2021—the lowest it has been since 1996—from 77 years in 2020.
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In a post-Roe era, it’s about supporting — not reporting

September 1, 2022
In a post-Roe world in which abortion is criminalized, what kind of ethical and legal obligations might emergency department clinicians face for caring for patients who come in with complications from their self-managed abortions?
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taking shape

Broadening our view of abstract art with works from the Arab world and beyond

August 31, 2022
The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University will present “Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s –1980s,” Sept. 22 to Dec. 4, 2022. The exhibition features mid-20th-century abstract art from North Africa, West Asia and the Arab diaspora work from the renowned Barjeel Art Foundation collection. The Block Museum is the final stop of a five-city U.S. exhibition tour.

Climate expert available on Greenland’s ice melt

August 30, 2022
Yarrow Axford, an expert on Greenland's climate history, is available to discuss new findings that show Greenland's melting ice sheet will cause global sea levels to rise by nearly a foot.
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Researchers in a mixed-gender team working in a lab.

What happens when women and men work together?

August 29, 2022
According to a new study led by Northwestern University behavioral scientists, mixed-gender teams tend to produce research that is significantly more innovative and impactful on average than same-gender ones.