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After two years of producing the Waa-Mu Show virtually, the co-chairs of Northwestern University’s 91st Annual Waa-Mu Show have announced the show will move back to Cahn Auditorium. “A Peculiar Inheritance,” a whodunit with antiques, socialites and secrets, will run April 29 to May 8, 2022.

Researchers have developed a new holographic camera that can see around corners and image objects hidden behind scattering media, including fog and human tissue.

Julius Jones has been on death row in Oklahoma for 19 years for a 1999 murder he’s always said he had no part in.
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A team of Northwestern University neurobiologists has identified a new gene, called Tango10, that is critical for daily behavioral rhythms and a healthy circadian clock.

Two experts on Russian and European affairs from Northwestern University are available to speak with media on the recent Belarus-Poland migrant crisis. They argue that the spat illustrates the power of smart sanctions to correct the behavior of belligerent states.
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Craig Garthwaite, Kellogg School of Management professor and an expert on healthcare mergers and acquisitions, is available to speak with media on recent corporate splits at General Electric and Johnson & Johnson.
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As the U.S. braces for a new surge of COVID-19 cases expected to start hitting around Thanksgiving, Northwestern Medicine experts offer a playbook to a safe holiday gathering.

“The Translator,” a film about the journey of a political refugee who risks everything to rescue his brother from the Assad regime in Syria, will be screened next Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 3 p.m. CDT at the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University.
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Researchers have developed an injectable therapy based on nanofibers that has enabled paralyzed mice with severe spinal cord injuries to regain the ability to walk.

A $5 million gift from IBM will endow two computer science professorships in Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering in honor of Virginia M. “Ginni” Rometty ʼ79, ʼ15 H, the first woman to lead the company.