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NU researchers design novel full-body sensor system, launch center for toddler mental health

October 16, 2024

Northwestern secured a record $1.05 billion in research funding this fiscal year, a 5% increase from 2023. The Daily compiled a recap of NU’s latest research developments. Full-body motion capture...

What makes the program special is the “uniformity of the curriculum,” Gingrich said.

‘Caltech embedded inside of Northwestern’: A look into Integrated Science Program

October 10, 2024

Unlike most students in Northwestern’s Integrated Science Program, Weinberg junior Justin Dynes was unaware that the advanced natural science and mathematics curriculum existed.  “I applied to...

SOIL Director Alessandro Rotta Loria estimates that on average, heat islands underneath urban areas are warming by 2.5 degrees Celsius per decade globally.
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How one Northwestern lab digs deep for climate change solutions

October 9, 2024

Downtown Chicago’s building foundations are sinking. That revelation was one of many discovered by researchers at Northwestern’s Subsurface Opportunities and Innovations Laboratory in a study published...

Increased enrollment among students from other majors in certain computer science courses prompted the department to create an AI minor, McCormick Prof. Sara Sood said.

Northwestern debuts AI minor for non-computer-science majors

October 8, 2024

Beginning this quarter, students not pursuing a computer science major can now declare an artificial intelligence minor through the department of Computer Science.  The minor focuses on AI design and...

 Northwestern raised a record of $1.05 billion in research funding this fiscal year, a 5% increase since 2023.

NU researchers drive progress in ovarian health, bladder cancer

October 2, 2024

Northwestern raised a record $1.05 billion in research funding this fiscal year, a 5% increase since 2023. The Daily compiled a recap of NU’s latest research findings from September.  Drug used to...

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