Northwestern University

We’ve long known mothers can experience increased stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy and after delivering their baby. Now there’s growing recognition that fathers also face similar mental health challenges, but little has…

Providing critical guidance to education nonprofits during the pandemic. Bringing solar irrigation solutions to smallholder Indian farmers. Leading social impact initiatives for a global video game company.These are just some of the…

Prior to the introduction of vaccines, physical distancing was the major preventative measure to slow the spread of COVID-19. While necessary to protect the physical health of people and communities, for many people the resulting social…

The Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University has awarded Sir András Schiff the $50,000 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance.Established in 2005, the biennial Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance…

Researchers at Northwestern and George Washington universities (GW) have developed the first-ever transient pacemaker — a wireless, battery-free, fully implantable pacing device that disappears after it’s no longer needed.The thin,…

The Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University has launched a new series of videos featuring performances of art songs and chamber music by Black composers.The three-part Black Composer Showcase series includes several performances…

A long time ago, in two galaxies about 900 million light-years away, two black holes each gobbled up their neutron star companions, triggering gravitational waves that finally hit Earth in January 2020.Discovered by an international team…

After suffering a stroke, patients often are unable to use the arm on their affected side. Sometimes, they end up holding it close to their body, with the elbow flexed.In a new study, Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab…

In a new study led by The University of Texas at Austin COVID-19 Modeling Consortium in collaboration with Northwestern University, researchers describe the alert system that has guided COVID-19 policies in Austin, Texas, for more than a…

U.S. researchers — who only a half century ago largely excluded women from clinical trials — now ensure they comprise half the study participants in National Institutes of Health-funded research. But inclusion doesn’t ensure women and men…