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A new study looks deep inside the brain, where previous learning was reactivated during sleep, resulting in improved memory. Neuroscientists from Northwestern University teamed up with clinicians from the University of Chicago Epilepsy Center to study the brain electrical activity in five of the center’s patients in response to sounds administered by the research team as part of a learning exercise.

Two new gifts from Northwestern University supporters are launching a major renovation of the East Lawn of the Norris University Center. Two couples — Trustee Frank Cohen ’95 and Julie Cohen and Ken Kahn and Jana Kahn (’25 P) — have each committed $3 million to the Evanston campus improvement project.

New Northwestern research has shown for the first time that energy release may be the molecular mechanism through which our internal clocks control energy balance. These findings have broad implications from dieting to sleep loss and the way we feed patients who require long-term nutritional assistance.

The United Kingdom Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) today (Oct. 20) awarded Northwestern University professor Chad A. Mirkin the 2022 Faraday Medal.

The Symphonic Wind Ensemble of the Bienen School of Music, joined by special guest and alumnus Jacob Nissly (’05), principal percussionist at the San Francisco Symphony, will present the world premiere of “Losing Earth” Nov. 11 in a new wind arrangement by composer Adam Schoenberg.

A new Northwestern Medicine study identifies common and rare gene mutations that impact radiation resistance and sensitivity, an important step toward providing more individualized and effective radiotherapy for patients with cancer. The discovery ultimately could allow radiation dosage to be calibrated based on genetic mutations.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. has experienced a subtle “baby bump,” according to a new Proceedings of the National Academy of Science paper co-authored by Northwestern University economist Hannes Schwandt.
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A secure firearm storage program in which pediatricians engage with parents on the importance of secure storage has been proven to help keep firearms out of the hands of young people. But a new study has found preliminary evidence that this program may not be reaching all parents equitably.

Northwestern University Trustee Kimberly K. Querrey (’22, ’23 P) and the Louis Simpson Trust have made a new $121 million gift to Northwestern to advance biomedical discovery at the Feinberg School of Medicine, reinforce the University’s position as a global research powerhouse and expand executive education at the Kellogg School of Management.

The Imagine U 2022-23 season opens with “Me… Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall,” Oct. 21 to Nov. 6, 2022, and will close with “The Snowy Day and Other Stories by Ezra Jack Keats,” Feb. 24 to Mar. 5, 2023. Performances take place at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts on the Evanston Campus.