Northwestern University

There has long been an assumption that a connection exists between affective polarization (i.e., partisan dislike of those in the other party) and anti-democratic attitudes. For that reason, policymakers and practitioners have focused on…

Northwestern University Opera Theater at the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music will present the regional premiere of composer Christopher Cerrone and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann’s opera “In a Grove,” Nov. 17 to 20.Performances…

Amid the most critical decade for climate action, governments, industries and communities around the world are intensifying efforts to rein in greenhouse gas emissions and halt imminent harm to vulnerable ecosystems. Universities,…

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified and described a new gene that is responsible for activating an aggressive subtype of small-cell lung cancer, the P subtype, for which there is no current effective treatment.“This type of…

The Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy (CSDD) at Northwestern University has launched a research collaborative to conduct a yearlong study on the City of Evanston’s reparations ordinance.The CSDD’s Evanston Reparations…

Northwestern University announced today, Oct. 11, the formation of a search committee to identify the next dean of the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music.The individual chosen will succeed Toni-Marie Montgomery, dean and professor of…

The American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) at Northwestern has welcomed multi-talented Broadway artist Alexander Gemignani as its new artistic director.Gemignani has worked on Broadway as an actor, music director and conductor, earning…

Organisms, from bacteria to human beings, have autonomy in large part because of locomotion — the conversion of stored energy into slowly repeating electrical and mechanical signals that allow organisms to move around.But these types of…

Pregnant smokers reduced their smoking by an average of one cigarette per day before becoming aware they were pregnant, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study of more than 400 pregnant people. Then, in the month after learning of their…

Northwestern University researchers have uncovered a previously unknown property of colloidal crystals, highly ordered three-dimensional arrays of nanoparticles.The team engineered colloidal crystals with complementary strands of DNA and…