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

The Daily Northwestern


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Northwestern researchers receive $24 million grant to fund evaluations of childhood health

October 29, 2023

Northwestern has received a $24 million grant to standardize tools used in evaluating childhood health across the U.S., the University announced Friday. The grant is part of the Environmental influences...

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...

Evanston and Chicago residents, as well as people from around the world, attended Thursday’s conference.

Buffett Institute and McCormick host second annual Joint Conference on AI and National Security

October 12, 2023

The Buffett Institute for Global Affairs hosted its second annual joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence & National Security on Thursday alongside the McCormick School of Engineering.  Buffett...

NASA Space Apps participants meet outside the Hackathon venue for a group picture. Among the 60 participants were Chicago-area high school students, members of sponsoring organizations, and undergraduate students from various Illinois and Wisconsin universities.

CIERA hosts Chicago chapter of NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2023

October 8, 2023

Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics hosted the Chicago chapter of the NASA International Space Apps Challenge in Evanston over the weekend.  The two-day...

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...

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