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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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McCormick and Weinberg Prof. Dayne Swearer’s work in creating a new catalytic technology could help decarbonize and electrify commonly-used chemical reactions.

McCormick, Weinberg Prof. Dayne Swearer receives 2023 Packard Fellowship

October 17, 2023

Prof. Dayne Swearer received a 2023 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Northwestern announced in a Monday news release. The fellowship includes...

About 3%-4% of the U.S. population is vegetarian. This number could be higher if it wasn’t for a genetic variation that impacts individuals’ abilities to maintain a vegetarian diet, a Northwestern Medicine study found.

Northwestern professor finds genetics could influence vegetarianism

October 4, 2023

Given a substantial rise in plant-based diets, few metropolitan areas today lack restaurants boasting vegetarian or vegan options. However, despite an apparent increase in the number of people identifying...

Attendees listen to the keynote presentations at the speaker series titled “Roadmapping the Clean Energy Transition.”

NU hosts launch of University of Toronto-Northwestern Decarbonization Alliance

October 4, 2023

Northwestern’s Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy hosted a series of keynote presentations this week to launch the University of Toronto-Northwestern...

Ford Center. NU researchers discover a new AI system that builds robots in seconds.

AI stretches its legs: NU researchers use AI to design robots

October 3, 2023

A team led by Northwestern researchers is the first to use artificial intelligence to build robots from scratch, according to a Tuesday news release. The unique algorithm designed a successfully walking...

Kellogg’s green team — Nancy Faunce, Pauline Scott, Elizabeth Forrest, Lauren McCourt, Liz Morris and Andrea Nott — achieved sustainNU certification.

Eight Kellogg departments certified as Green Offices

October 3, 2023

Eight Kellogg School of Management departments have been certified as Green Offices after meeting at least 24 of sustainNU’s benchmarks, according to a Saturday news release. The sustainability benchmarks...

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