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Mayor Steve Hagerty speaks at a meeting. Hagerty gave his first “State of the City” address on March 9, speaking to the community about the city’s achievements in environment, the economy and other areas, as well as future opportunities for growth and improvement.

Hagerty discusses environment, economy in first ‘State of the City’ address

March 13, 2018
Isabella Masini speaks at a screening of former Vice President Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.” Masini is a site coordinator of the One Earth Film Festival — a Chicago-area festival aiming to educate the public on environmental issues.

Northwestern screens climate change movie as part of One Earth Film Festival

March 9, 2018
Neurobiology graduate student Brad Radvansky. Radvansky was part of a Northwestern research team that discovered mice could navigate a virtual world based solely on smells.

NU researchers find mice can navigate the world using only smell

March 7, 2018
Students and parents mingle at Career Options Night. ETHS hosted their first fair highlighting careers that do not require a college degree.

Students, community members learn about alternate career options at ETHS

March 1, 2018
Brock Ferguson. Ferguson is part of a team of Northwestern researchers who recently discovered that infants as young as 3 months old can see and learn patterns in the world around them.

Young infants can see and learn patterns in the world around them, NU researchers find

February 27, 2018
The panelists with Prof. Ava Thompson Greenwell.

Media experts discuss representation, diversity during event at Levy Center

February 25, 2018
A man wears throat sensors designed by McCormick and Feinberg Prof. John Rogers’ lab, in partnership with the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.

NU researchers develop wearable throat sensor to help stroke patients

February 22, 2018
Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) speaks at an event. Emergency preparedness, job opportunities and a food scrap collection service were discussed at a 9th Ward meeting Saturday.

Residents, officials discuss emergency preparedness, food scrap collection at ward meeting

February 18, 2018
James Tusty video calls into an event at EPL on Saturday. Tusty is one of the filmmakers of “The Singing Revolution.”

Choral society shows film on nonviolent Estonian “singing revolution” at EPL event

February 18, 2018
Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) speaks at a meeting. Rue Simmons said she planned to encourage all neighborhoods who did not have a “block club” — a group of neighbors who make sure the block is safe by sharing information and identifying potential concerns — to form one.

Search warrant executed for murder case, city officials announce at 5th Ward meeting

February 16, 2018
Technological Institute. Postdoctoral fellow Alexander Richings and Weinberg Prof. Claude-André Faucher-Giguère, whose offices are in Tech, developed a theory that may explain why “cold” molecules can be found in the very energetic winds blowing from black holes.

Weinberg researchers discover that cold molecules form in black hole winds

February 16, 2018
Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine in downtown Chicago. Two Feinberg professors are part of a team tackling newborn mortality in Africa, which was selected as one of four finalists in a national competition.

Global team including NU professors wins $15 million to improve newborn survival in Africa

February 13, 2018
Feinberg Prof. Margaret Danilovich. Danilovich was part of a team of researchers who used data mining and qualitative analysis to explore how Twitter users talk about Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Northwestern researchers explore how Twitter users talk about Alzheimer’s, dementia

February 5, 2018
BJ Jones, Northlight Theatre’s artistic director, talks about the the proposed project in downtown Evanston. Members of the Economic Development Committee voted to approve an amended resolution concerning the construction of a building that would house the theater.

Economic Development Committee approves resolution concerning return of Northlight Theatre

February 1, 2018
Technological Institute. A team of McCormick professors discovered how to build structures out of gold nanoparticles and DNA.

Northwestern researchers assemble gold, DNA into structures that manipulate light

January 31, 2018
Jamie McNear sings while his band performs at the Chop Shop in Wicker Park on Aug. 11, 2017. McNear is the lead singer of Manwolves, an Evanston band that was streamed for over 10 million minutes on Spotify in 2017.

Evanston band finds popularity on Spotify

January 25, 2018
Feinberg otolaryngology Prof. Erin Ingvalson. Ingvalson is part of the research team that created an algorithm to predict how deaf children with cochlear implants can absorb language.

Feinberg professors use brain scans to predict language skills in deaf children

January 24, 2018
McCormick junior and Codemoji co-founder Livio Bolzon helps a student with a Codemoji lesson in a San Francisco school. Codemoji and HotPlate, two student-owned Northwestern startups, were chosen as semi-finalists in a national startup competition.

Two Northwestern startups chosen as semi-finalists in startup competition

January 21, 2018
Nobel-Prize winning chemistry Prof. Fraser Stoddart speaks in Hardin Hall in October 2016. Stoddart and former Intel director Youssry Bostros launched a line of anti-aging skincare under the brand “NOBLE.”

Company co-founded by Nobel Prize winner launches nanotechnology-based cosmetics

January 16, 2018
Five Evanston Township High School students present at Evanston Public Library. The students displayed their “photovoice” projects — where photos are hung beside captions expressing the artist’s intent.

ETHS students share views on identity, self-expression in photography exhibit

January 10, 2018

District 65 drinking water contains high levels of lead, tests find

December 16, 2017
Psychology Prof. Alexandra Solomon speaks at University Hall on Wednesday. Solomon advised students about how to maintain healthy relationships.

Northwestern Marriage 101 professor shares advice for healthy relationships

November 16, 2017
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) speaks at an interfaith rally on Sunday. The event encouraged solidarity in the face of discrimination and prejudice.

Interfaith rally calls for solidarity 1 year after presidential election

November 12, 2017
Drew Solomon speaks at an Evanston Public Library event. He discussed climate change and the need for grassroots activism.

Environmentalists discuss climate change, political activism at EPL event

November 8, 2017
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