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Following the news that a third person has been cured of HIV, a Northwestern Medicine expert says partially matched blood cells could be used to cure many people living with both cancer and HIV.The novel treatment, which uses blood from…

The ancient Chinese folk story of Mu Lan dates back to the sixth century. It has been told countless times, but none quite like the one Northwestern audiences will witness.The Imagine U series presents “The Ballad of Mu Lan” Feb. 24…

Northwestern University synthetic biologists have developed a low-cost, easy-to-use, hand-held device that can let users know — within mere minutes — if their water is safe to drink.The new device works by using powerful and programmable…

Northwestern University astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong has received a 2022 Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), the United States’ first foundation wholly dedicated to science. Fong is among a…

Black History Month is about celebrating history makers past and present, recognizing gains made and acknowledging the work yet to be done.In that spirit, Northwestern Now spoke with scholars to discuss the ongoing struggle over voting…

In her recent book “Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World,” Northwestern University professor and neuroscientist Nina Kraus writes about the vastness of the hearing brain, explaining how the sounds of our lives…

In 2016, homicides among Chicagoans aged 15 to 24 drastically spiked. Then in 2017, youth homicides boomeranged back to lower, pre-2015 levels. One likely contributor to this is the two-year pause in state funding, reports a new…

Melissa Kaufman, Northwestern’s founding executive director of The Garage, who helped create a vibrant and inclusive startup hub for student entrepreneurs, will be leaving the University this spring.In more than six years at the helm,…

As people transitioned to working from home at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, journal submissions from academics increased across the board. But a new study from Northwestern Medicine found as men’s scholarly productivity…

John Rogers, PhD, the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the 2022 James Prize in Science and Technology Integration by the Council of the National…