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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...

The Technological Institute. Physics Prof. Gerald Gabrielse will be recognized Tuesday for his research on the Standard Model.

McCormick professor develops new lung cancer detection test

September 28, 2023

A Northwestern professor has made an innovative discovery that could help curb the leading cause of United States cancer deaths: lung cancer.  McCormick Prof. Vadim Backman and the Center for Physical...

The Technological Institute. McCormick Prof. Jonathan Rivnay leads device development as a co-principal investigator on the project.

$45 million granted to NU cancer therapy device project

September 26, 2023

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health awarded researchers at Northwestern and seven other institutions a $45 million grant to continue developing a small, implantable device that could detect...

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