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An international team of researchers, including Northwestern University astrophysicists, have used a galaxy-sized tool composed of 68 dead stars to sense the longest, slowest gravitational waves ever detected.

A study resulting from a joint collaboration between Northwestern’s Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory and Northwestern University Athletics and Recreation and published in the journal Exercise, Sport, and Movement has uncovered a brain measure that could one day help to identify an athlete’s tipping point for subconcussive head injury.

Dr. Ravi Kalhan, Northwestern Medicine deputy division chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine, is available to comment on the short- and long-term health effects of the “unhealthy” air quality in Chicago, which is currently ranked as the worst in the world.

Three distinguished individuals will receive the 2023 Northwestern Alumni Medal — the highest honor given by the Northwestern Alumni Association.

On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which effectively overturned Roe v. Wade. Since then, health care, politics, law and other domains have felt the impact of the decision. Below, Northwestern faculty from a variety of disciplines offer comments on the anniversary for media.
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Astronomers traced a gamma-ray burst (GRB) to the heart of an ancient galaxy. In the dense, busy environment surrounding the galaxy’s supermassive black hole, two stars collided to generate the GRB. This unexpected GRB source offers a new understanding of how stars die.

Scientists at Northwestern University and Purdue University challenge the assumption that photoexcitations destroy each other with evidence that annihilation depends on the quantum phase relationships of photoexcitations.

Vice President for Research Milan Mrksich has decided to step down from the position to focus full time on his research at Northwestern University.

A new study found the prevalence of food allergy is highest among Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black and Asian individuals across all ages. And food allergy is lowest among households earning more than $150,000 a year.

A dark comedy and a fun, heartwarming tale headline summer 2023 offerings at Northwestern University’s Wirtz Center on both the Evanston and Chicago campuses. A production of Chicago playwright Ike Holter’s award-winning play “Exit Strategy” serves as the culminating show for the graduating class of MFA acting students and will also include undergraduate performers. A new offering from the Wirtz Center’s popular Imagine U series for families, “Lyle the Crocodile,” is a musical adaptation of the classic children’s books “Lyle, Lyle Crocodile” and “The House on East 88th Street.”