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College Free Speech in Crisis: 2025 Rankings Reveal a National Decline

College Free Speech in Crisis: 2025 Rankings Reveal a National Decline

If American colleges and universities were graded on their commitment to the First Amendment, most would fail. The 2025 College Free Speech Rankings, released ...

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Peril and Promise: Beverly Daniel Tatum on Trump, Higher Education, and the Future of Diversity

Peril and Promise: Beverly Daniel Tatum on Trump, Higher Education, and the Future of Diversity

When Beverly Daniel Tatum told a friend she was writing about higher education, the reply was striking: “Being a college president must be the ...

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Northwestern Chemists Revolutionize CRISPR Delivery with Lipid Nanoparticles

Northwestern Chemists Revolutionize CRISPR Delivery with Lipid Nanoparticles

CRISPR holds the potential to rewrite the genetic code behind countless diseases, offering the promise of revolutionizing medicine. However, the challenge remains: how to ...

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Bacteria rewire digestive systems to convert plant waste to power

Bacteria rewire digestive systems to convert plant waste to power

For years, scientists have marveled at certain bacteria’s ability to break down the otherwise indigestible, including lignin—the tough, woody material that gives plants their ...

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Northwestern Physicists Harness NVIDIA GPUs to Accelerate Quantum Computing Research

Northwestern Physicists Harness NVIDIA GPUs to Accelerate Quantum Computing Research

Quantum computing promises revolutionary advances, but designing and simulating the delicate devices that make it possible remains one of science’s toughest challenges. At Northwestern ...

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Northwestern University President Michael Schill to Step Down After Three Years

Northwestern University President Michael Schill to Step Down After Three Years

Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced today that he will step down from the presidency, concluding a three-year tenure marked by record fundraising, campus ...

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Perovskite Detectors Could Revolutionize Nuclear Medicine Imaging

Perovskite Detectors Could Revolutionize Nuclear Medicine Imaging

Physicians have long relied on nuclear medicine scans such as SPECT (single-photon emission computed tomography) to monitor heart function, track blood flow, and detect ...

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