Northwestern University
hideNorthwestern University (NU) is a non-sectarian private research university located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. Northwestern's main campus is a 240-acre (97 ha) parcel in Evanston, along the shore of Lake Michigan. Northwestern's professional schools are located in the Streeterville neighborhood of downtown Chicago. The Medill School of Journalism and School of Communication also have a campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar.
Northwestern was founded in 1851 to serve the people of the Northwest Territory. A 379-acre (153 ha) tract of farmland along Lake Michigan 12 miles (19 km) north of Chicago was chosen as the new Evanston campus. The university is organized into eleven schools and colleges and in 2007, enrolled 8,284 undergraduate and 9,744 graduate and professional students and granted 2,089 bachelor's degrees and 3,543 graduate and professional degrees. Northwestern employs 2,925 full-time faculty members and had $284 million in research expenditures in 2007.
The Northwestern Wildcats compete in 19 intercollegiate sports in the NCAA's Division I, primarily in the Big Ten Conference.
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Musicians' Brains 'Fine-Tuned' to Identify Emotion
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking for a mate who in everyday conversation can pick up even your most subtle emotional cues? Find a musician, Northwestern University researchers suggest.
That gut feeling may actually reflect a reliable memory
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You know the feeling. You make a decision you're certain is merely a "lucky guess."
Synthetic HDL: A new weapon to fight cholesterol problems
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Buttery Christmas cookies, eggnog, juicy beef roast, rich gravy and creamy New York-style cheesecake. Happy holiday food unfortunately can send blood cholesterol levels sky high.
Trust your gut: Too much thinking leads to bad choices
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Don't think too much before purchasing that new car or television. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, people who deliberate about decisions make less accurate judgments than people who trust their ...
Insulin is a possible new treatment for Alzheimer's
Feb 02, 2009 |
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A Northwestern University-led research team reports that insulin, by shielding memory-forming synapses from harm, may slow or prevent the damage and memory loss caused by toxic proteins in Alzheimer's disease.
Stunning Finding: Compounds Protect Against Cerebral Palsy
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two compounds developed by Northwestern University chemists have been shown to be effective in pre-clinical trials in protecting against cerebral palsy, a condition caused by neurodegeneration that affects ...
Predicting politics: Professors model prediction markets
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Political prediction markets -- in which participants buy and sell "contracts" based on who they think will win an election -- accurately predicted Barack Obama's 2008 victory. Now Northwestern University researchers have ...
Stem cell transplant reverses early-stage multiple sclerosis
Jan 30, 2009 |
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Researchers from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine appear to have reversed the neurological dysfunction of early-stage multiple sclerosis patients by transplanting their own immune stem cells into their ...
Nanoscopic static electricity generates chiral patterns
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 02, 2009 |
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In the tiny world of amino acids and proteins and in the helical shape of DNA, a biological phenomenon abounds.
Anti-aging pathway enhances cell stress response
Feb 19, 2009 |
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People everywhere are feeling the stress of a worldwide recession. Our cells, too, are under continual assault from stress.
Evolutionary link to modern-day obesity, other problems
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(PhysOrg.com) -- That irresistible craving for a cheeseburger has its roots in the dramatic growth of the human brain and body that resulted from environmental changes some 2 million years ago.
Progress made in understanding causes and treatment of endometriosis
Jan 16, 2009 |
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Endometriosis is a poorly understood chronic disease characterized by infertility and chronic pelvic pain during intercourse. It affects between 5 to 10 million women in the U.S.
Exercise improves walking in peripheral arterial disease patients
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Charles Meadows measured his life in footsteps. How far to walk to reach the milk in the grocery store? Could he make it to the dairy case before cramps knifed through his left leg, immobilizing him and leaving him breathless ...
Surprising results: Virtual games players stick close to home
Feb 14, 2009 |
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In the real world, tracking a person's social network -- which could include hundreds of contacts that serve different purposes -- is nearly impossible.
Optical techniques show continued promise in detecting pancreatic cancer
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Optical technology developed by a Northwestern University professor of biomedical engineering has been shown to be effective in detecting the presence of pancreatic cancer through analysis of neighboring tissue in the duodenum, ...
