Northwestern University has received a generous gift from an anonymous donor to support the Jewish studies program and enhance activities for Jewish student life. The gift will enable the University to increase its undergraduate course offerings and to bolster activities
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New institute will study psychology of emerging adults, leading to innovative wellness programming for students at the University and beyond
Northwestern University is launching the Institute for Adolescent Mental Health and Well-Being, an interdisciplinary initiative to research issues related to
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bree gant is in her studio in Locy Hall writing. Her words flow horizontally across the page, wrapping left to right down the page. Like movements in a dance sequence, the word order changes slightly with each repetition, creating subtle
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Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new approach that directly combats the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
In these devastating illnesses, proteins misfold and clump together around brain cells, which ultimately leads
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Jane Clarke ’24 and Rachel C. Zhang ’24 MS have received 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholarships.
Now celebrating its 25th year, the program identifies academically outstanding social leaders to pursue postgraduate study and research at the University of Cambridge. Established in
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Scientists at Northwestern University and University of California, Santa Barbara have created the first synthetic fragment of tau protein that acts like a prion. The “mini prion” folds and stacks into strands (or fibrils) of misfolded tau proteins, which then
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Scientists at Northwestern University and University of California San Diego have developed a new, potent injectable therapy that can protect the heart from damage after a heart attack.
The therapeutic approach comprises specially designed polymers that act like proteins. These
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Historically, the vast majority of pharmaceutical drugs have been meticulously designed down to the atomic level. The specific location of each atom within the drug molecule is a critical factor in determining how well it works and how safe it
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Northwestern student Ethan Barnes has been named a 2025 Truman Scholar in recognition of his academic achievement and commitment to public service leadership.
A junior studying political science in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Barnes is planning to
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Human language allows us to learn new words for things we’ve never witnessed directly. We do this seamlessly, for example, in conversations, using clues from the overall context to infer a new word’s meaning.
But how early does this ability
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