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

The Daily Northwestern


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An auditorium with Alzheimer Day 2022 attendees. A slide reads, “Social and Cognitive influences on Aging: An Epidemiologic Perspective.

Northwestern hosts 28th annual Alzheimer Day at the Mesulam Center

May 10, 2022

After a hearty brunch at Beatrix in downtown Chicago, Melanie Zhang and Joseph Pyle walked to a Feinberg School of Medicine student lounge — oboe and flute in tow — and started rehearsing. Zhang,...

Illustration of a black sponge with water around it.

Northwestern researchers develop sponge to clean oil spills

May 9, 2022

Sponges similar to an ordinary kitchen or memory foam sponge may soon clean up oil spills, courtesy of Northwestern researchers. The environmental subgroup of McCormick Prof. Vinayak Dravid’s lab...

Person with brown hair and gray blazer crossing arms and standing in front of a purple background.

Former NU student Ana Cornell explores future of genetic testing with Acorn Genetics

May 2, 2022

Former Northwestern student Ana Cornell spoke her first English words at five years old to instruct children scurrying around her “run field.” Cornell said she was always a “very bossy young child”...

A black poster on a white wall: “How safe is CBD? CBD has the potential to cause harm and result in unintended side effects” in large orange letters. Below, it lists: “These include: Drowsiness/Sleepiness, Mood changes, Diarrhea, How other drugs you take work, Decreased appetite, Liver injury.” At the bottom, “LEGAL DOESN’T EQUAL SAFE” is written in capital letters.

Health Promotion and Wellness aims to inform students about risks of CBD

April 24, 2022

Walking through the halls of University buildings, Northwestern students are now greeted by posters with a concise message from Student Affairs: “Legal doesn’t equal safe.” The posters list the...

Three vaccination needles on a blue background.

Northwestern HIV researchers navigate additional pandemic stressors, explore new research frameworks among twin epidemics

April 17, 2022

Feinberg Prof. Judd Hultquist’s lab typically focuses on HIV research. But after the COVID-19 pandemic began, he also had to allocate time and resources toward researching the new virus and processing...

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