Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Northwestern University

Watch: Steve Carell’s Northwestern University commencement speech turns into a dance party

Steve Carell delivered a hilarious commencement speech at Northwestern University this Sunday (June 15), surprising graduates when his advice-filled address erupted into a dance party.

The Independent UK

Meghan Markle claims her college theater degree prepared her to run a business

The Duchess of Sussex graduated from Northwestern University in 2003

The Independent UK

List of child welfare research grants marked for termination in mistaken HHS email

An employee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent an email Wednesday that mistakenly included plans to terminate more than 150 research grants related to child and family well-being

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

How will Harvard and other universities survive Trump’s funding cuts?

Harvard is suing the Trump administration over federal funding cuts that it says put critical research at risk.

Al Jazeera

US House panel drops inquiry into Northwestern’s law school clinics

Move comes after professors sued and alleged investigation violated their constitutional free speech rights

The Guardian - US

About $1.8 billion in federal money for Cornell and Northwestern are frozen, the White House says

Cornell University and Northwestern University say they haven't received any notice from the U.S. government about paused federal funding even though the White House says more than $1 billion for Cornell and about $790 million for Northwestern have been frozen

The Independent UK

Scientists break down cheap plastic using the air — and turn it into something far more valuable

Scientists developed a new method for breaking down one of the most common plastics to a byproduct that can be upcycled into more valuable materials.

LiveScience

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Format, Which Teams Are Playing And How To Watch

The 13th Darius Rucker Intercollegiate takes place in South Carolina - here are some of the key details about the prestigious college golf tournament

Golf Monthly

Brewing tea can remove lead and other heavy metals from water, new study finds

Tea leaves can remove heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and chromium from water. And steeping time has the biggest impact.

LiveScience

Remove toxic heavy metals from your cup of tea with this brewing method, experts say

Researchers at Northwestern University estimate tea preparation can reduce about 15 per cent of toxic metals from drinking water

The Independent UK

Mysterious fast radio burst traced back to massive 'cosmic graveyard' of ancient stars

A mysterious burst of radiowaves with more energy than the sun emits in a year has been traced back to a cosmic graveyard dead galaxy filled with ancient stars.

Space

Brewing tea removes heavy metals from water, study finds

Scientists say consumption of the beverage may have health benefit by reducing intake of metals such as lead

The Guardian - UK

Meghan Markle recreates famous Princess Diana look in gardening video with Archie and Lilibet

The Duchess of Sussex shares the gardening video days before her new show launches on Netflix

The Independent UK

NASA telescope captures the most detailed glimpse yet of the black hole in the middle of our galaxy

Scientists hope that their findings will help to better understand the mysterious cosmic objects

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope finds our Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole blowing bubbles (image, video)

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have taken a detailed look at the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sgr A*, finding it endlessly blowing bubbles.

Space

Black holes vibe together in a cosmic love story for Valentine's Day written in the stars

Researchers have discovered that black holes engage in a cosmic dance and a star-lit meal to vibe with each other in a cosmic love story fit for Valentine's Day.

The Guardian - UK

Sir Fraser Stoddart obituary

Organic chemist who shared the 2016 Nobel prize in chemistry for his contribution to the development of molecular machines

Space

This baby exoplanet is made of different stuff than its birth cloud

Investigating a young exoplanet called PDS 70b in its cocoon of natal gas and dust has shown that planets don't always resemble the environments they form in.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

LiveScience

Surprise discovery in alien planet's atmosphere could upend decades of planet formation theory

The odd atmosphere of a fledgling exoplanet is causing astronomers to question leading theories of how planets form.

Top News

GOP-Led Report Reveals Antisemitism Issues At Universities

House committee report exposes concerning responses of US universities to pro-Palestinian protests, sparking debate on combating antisemitism on college ca...

Fortune

‘No longer the only woman in the room’: MBA gender gap closing at top business schools

Women make up 42% of MBA students, and top schools like Northwestern, Duke, and WashU reached gender parity this year.

Fortune

Who is winning the election? Top data scientist launches electoral vote counter that shows the race moving in real time

Thomas Miller, a data scientist at Northwestern University, bases his predictions not on the polls, but on where people are placing political bets.

Fortune

Prominent data scientist gives election odds: Trump leads, but Harris is gaining

Thomas Miller, a data scientist and professor at Northwestern University, says the 2024 presidential race has whipsawed over the past several weeks.

The Independent UK

American universities accused of attacks on free speech with strict campus protest rules

Many say the new laws are threatening free speech

The Conversation

Toothbrushes and showerheads covered in viruses ‘unlike anything we’ve seen before’ – new study

Toothbrushes and showerheads in American homes are teeming with viruses known as bacteriophages (bacteria eaters), a new study has found. Many of these “phages” – as they’re known for short – have never been identified before.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Northwestern University

216 stories

Kellogg

214 stories

Department of Defense

210 stories

the Education Department

202 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.