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Eberly emerges as front-runner to be Biden’s Fed vice chair pick

WASHINGTON — Northwestern University Professor Janice Eberly is the front-runner in the White House search for a successor to Lael Brainard as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, people familiar with the matter said.

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife to invest $250 million in new Chicago research lab

The lab will harness brain power from Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Chicago Sun-Times

How to help young people limit screen time — and feel better about how they look

New research found teens and young adults who even briefly cut time on social media gained self esteem. Try these 5 tips to help them — and yourself — improve screen-life balance.

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The scramble to help newly arrived migrants, R. Kelly’s sentence and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a five-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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5 mayoral hopefuls discuss community-based answers to gun violence at forum on youth

Good Kids Mad City leaders press candidates on the Peace Book Ordinance, which would divert 2% of police funding for youth-led anti-violence programs in neighborhoods.

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Rebecca Blank dies at 67; renowned economist led the University of Wisconsin

Rebecca Blank was president-elect of Northwestern University last year when a cancer diagnosis led her to step down. She was an advisor to three U.S. presidents.

Chicago Sun-Times

Two-sided Storm Unleashes Heavy Snow, Tornadoes And Flooding

This week, a strong cross-country storm brought a variety of weather risks to the central United States

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4 Northwestern University staff members hurt, 1 critically, by falling tree at Evanston campus

The tree hurt four people walking on a sidewalk as it fell.

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Voters worry about crime, police chief lays groundwork for exit and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Northwestern’s law school gets $5 million gift to expand immigration services

The donation is intended to allow the school’s immigration law clinic to represent more clients, hire another attorney and fund ongoing programs and operations.

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Death of Northwestern student pulled from Diversey Harbor ruled accidental

Peter Salvino, a 25-year-old doctoral candidate, died from drowning, with ethanol intoxication a contributing factor, an autopsy has found.

Chicago Sun-Times

Why did Charles Manson order killings? NU psychologist, other experts offer a new take

Chicago psychologist Alan Friedman is among experts who reviewed a 1997 prison exam and are challenging the belief that Manson was schizophrenic. Manson was convicted of orchestrating the 1969 killings of actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles.

Chicago Sun-Times

300 nuclear missiles are headed your way. You must respond. What now?

Inside Moran Cerf’s quest to modernise the decision-making process that could end life on earth

Financial Times

Northwestern graduate student workers vote to unionize after years of organizing

Following two days of casting ballots — and years of grassroots organizing — Northwestern University graduate students voted Thursday to unionize and will join the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America.

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Lab grown nerve cells ‘holds promise for neurodegenerative disease’

The researchers said their work opens new opportunities for medical research and potential transplantation therapies.

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T-Squared: Introducing our spring 2023 fellows

Tribune fellows have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in all aspects of the operation of a modern news organization.

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Frank Galati, pioneering Chicago theater artist and Oscar nominee, is dead at 79

CHICAGO — Frank Galati, a pivotal figure over five decades in Chicago theater, a Tony Award-winning Broadway director, a beloved longtime teacher at Northwestern University, an ensemble member at both the Steppenwolf and Goodman theaters and a pioneer in the adaptation of novels and other narrative sources into exciting drama,…

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Megan Thee Stallion, misogynoir at center of shooting trial

Megan Thee Stallion is a three-time Grammy winner and hip-hop superstar, but her success wasn’t enough to shield the 27-year-old artist from misinformation and social media vitriol leveled against her after she was shot in 2020

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Northwestern surgeon’s ex-biz partner charged with defrauding medical device business they launched

Mark Alan Schwartz and Northwestern University chief of plastic surgery Dr. Gregory Dumanian formed 2 companies to develop the surgeon’s invention for the market. On Tuesday, Schwartz pleaded not guilty to federal charges.

Chicago Sun-Times

Antisemitic celebs Nick Fuentes, Ye, Kyrie Irving are fueling fears hate is becoming normalized

Northwestern history professor Peter Hayes says normalizing antisemitism is a “real possibility” when there’s a “public discussion of things that used to be beneath contempt.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Battle over Ryan Field in Evanston could be a seminar for the Bears

Northwestern University is trying to win over neighbors with plans to bring concerts to the home of the Wildcats.

WEKU

Her miscarriage left her bleeding profusely. An Ohio ER sent her home to wait

State law at the time prohibited abortion after around 6 weeks. Legal experts say this kind of law leaves doctors uncertain of what's legal and can put patients in dangerous situations.

Chicago Tribune

Hydroponic farm owner seeks to democratize the food system and change the narrative

CHICAGO — If it hadn’t been for the pandemic, Derek Drake would have never discovered his purpose. Furloughed from his job at Northwestern University in 2020, he asked himself: “What’s the right next move?”

Chicago Sun-Times

Mend affirmative action, don’t end it

University professors are far from being the mirror image of the 21st century ethnic and racial demographics of our society and of the students we all teach.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Game of Thrones’ author George R.R. Martin gifts $5 million to Northwestern University

The gift from Martin, a Medill school alum, will fund a writers workshop and professorship for undergraduate and graduate students, the school announced Monday.

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