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As well-intentioned as routine blood tests or annual physicals might be, these practices can sometimes do more harm than good.

Ted Hearne’s SCOTUS-inflected choral cantata “Sound from the Bench” and NUNC! 5 are among the winter and spring offerings at the Institute for New Music at the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music. Five student ensembles will be spotlighted in the Feb. 3 to March 11 concert lineup as will premieres of new compositions and collaborations with visiting artists.

Geoscientists report new findings on the chronology and character of events that led to this occurrence, known as Ocean Anoxic Event 2.

A transdisciplinary Northwestern University research team has developed a revolutionary transistor that is expected be ideal for lightweight, flexible, high-performance bioelectronics.

Susan M. Davis has been named Northwestern University’s vice president for Student Affairs, President Michael Schill announced today. Davis will join Northwestern on April 1.

Northwestern University concludes its 2023 Dream Week programming with a keynote conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill, Monday, Jan 23, at 5 p.m. in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Ifill served as president and director-counsel of the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund from 2013 to 2022.
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Non-Hispanic Black adults more frequently experience delays in receiving an appendicitis diagnosis in hospital emergency departments, putting them at a higher likelihood of perforated appendicitis and subsequent post-surgical infections.

The researchers predict deepfake technology is on the brink of being used much more widely, including in targeted military and intelligence operations.

Results of a new study by Northwestern University researchers will help earthquake scientists better deal with seismology’s most important problem: when to expect the next big earthquake on a fault.

Northwestern University-led researchers have created the first highly mature neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) a feat that opens new opportunities for medical research and potential transplantation therapies for neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic injuries.