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A new $3 million, four-year grant from the National Center for Special Education Research led by Northwestern University’s Megan Roberts aims reduce the time to autism diagnosis for hundreds of Illinois kids, which can have lifelong benefits.
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New transistor technology boosts the body's electrochemical signals by 1,000 times, enabling diagnostic and disease-monitoring implants.

Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna will deliver a public lecture, “A Decade of CRISPR: What’s ahead for genome editing” at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Tuesday, April 4.
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Researchers adapted a well-known computer-vision algorithm used for sharpening photos and, for the first time, applied it to astronomical images from ground-based telescopes.

Five distinguished individuals, including commencement speaker Gov. JB Pritzker and Northwestern President Emeritus Morton Schapiro, will receive honorary degrees from Northwestern University.

Women who have experienced sexual violence at fraternity parties have often been blamed for what happened to them. But new research on an elite college campus suggests that it’s becoming less common to fault the victim. Instead, many women are holding institutional structures responsible.

For the first time ever, researchers have watched the mesmerizing process of nanoparticles self-assembling into solid materials.

Northwestern has appointed Lisa Dhar associate vice president for innovation. In this capacity, Dhar will lead the Innovation and New Ventures Office (INVO), a unit integral to advancing the University’s research impact through translation and entrepreneurship.

With political attacks on trans rights moving through various state legislatures and international governing bodies — including bans on gender-affirming care for minors and limitations on involvement in sports — accurate reporting on gender nonconforming individuals is critically important.
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Northwestern University public health sociologist and opioid overdose expert Maryann Mason is available to speak to reporters today about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Narcan naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for over-the-counter (OTC), nonprescription, use.
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