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The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


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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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TikTok’s global chief security officer Roland Cloutier addresses Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

April 12, 2022

When the Biden administration publicly shared Russia’s plan for a war in Ukraine weeks before the invasion, social media platforms like TikTok started planning their cybersecurity responses, according...

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Dearborn Observatory reopens to public after two-year closure

April 5, 2022

After going dark for two years, Dearborn Observatory will once again give amateur astronomers the opportunity to see space’s brightest stars in detail.  The observatory reopened to the public Friday...

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Northwestern creates new research hub focused on artificial intelligence

February 15, 2022

Northwestern announced the creation of a new research hub Tuesday to examine artificial intelligence systems and their impact. The Digital Intelligence Safety Research Institute at Underwriters Laboratories,...

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First case of omicron subvariant BA.2 identified in Illinois by Northwestern Medicine

February 2, 2022

Northwestern Medicine researchers identified the first BA.2 omicron subvariant case in Illinois Monday.  Scientists at the Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution detected the subvariant...

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