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Alexander demonstrates a musical idea on his saxophone.

Physics Prof. Stephon Alexander from Brown University unravels patterns of the universe with music

November 15, 2024

Brown University physics Prof. Stephon Alexander spoke on how the analysis of musical elements can help astrophysicists understand patterns of the universe in his lecture “The Jazz of Physics” Thursday...

The formation of the committee comes after the U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into Northwestern last month for its handling of alleged incidents of antisemitism.

University President Michael Schill announces new Advisory Committee on Free Expression and Institutional Speech

February 20, 2024

Northwestern President Michael Schill announced a new Advisory Committee on Free Expression and Institutional Speech in a University-wide statement Monday.  Pritzker Prof. Erin Delaney, who specializes...

Physics and astronomy Prof. Shane Larson — the associate director of CIERA at NU — is on the team working on a new gravitational wave detector.

Northwestern professor among International team of scientists slated to build new gravitational wave detector

February 1, 2024

An international team of scientists, including physics and astronomy Prof. Shane Larson, will construct a new gravitational wave detector with the European Space Agency over the next 10 years, the University...

A yellow-white beam shoots through a cloud of red and blue to represent a kilonova and gamma-ray burst.

NU researchers study neutron star merger that defies former assumptions of kilonova explosions

February 17, 2023

About 1.1 billion light years away, two neutron stars merged. The collision stripped material off the neutron stars, resulting in a kilonova explosion and a gamma-ray burst. But when the GRB was identified...

An illustration of a gamma ray burst.

NU astrophysicists observe brightest gamma-ray burst ever detected

January 19, 2023

Last October, Northwestern fourth-year Ph.D. student Jillian Rastinejad woke up in the early morning while visiting colleagues at the University of California, Santa Barbara to apply for use of the Gemini-South...

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