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@NorthwesternU official hub for journalists. Account run by @amanda_mo, @ksamchi, @kickstartsteph & @m_witynski. Email us media_AT_northwestern.edu
Evanston, IL
Joined January 2018
RT @KickStartSteph: Homicides are dropping nationwide. @AVPapachristos, sociologist and director of @IPRatNU, talks with @wttw about how th….
news.wttw.com
Crime overall is falling nationwide. But when it comes to homicides, Chicago’s numbers are not declining as quickly as the two largest cities in the nation — New York and Los Angeles.
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Economist Elisa Jácome @WeinbergCollege has co-authored a new study showing that over a 150-year period, immigrants have never been incarcerated at a greater rate than the U.S.-born. More at
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RT @IPRatNU: During @GovPritzker's announcement of an initiative to expand community violence intervention programs in Chicago, he cited re….
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RT @CornersResearch: Learn more about how CVI organizations like @CP4PPartners, @ChicagoCred, and @MPInitiatives are contributing to Chicag….
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RT @CornersResearch: As research partner to many within Chicago's vibrant CVI ecosystem, CORNERS commends the launch of SC2--the unpreceden….
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RT @KSamChi: Is #Narcan the new CPR? @DrElliottNM has told me he wants to shout this message from the rooftops. This excellent @WGNTV segme….
wgntv.com
CHICAGO — In the midst of the national opioid crisis, access to Narcan, the nasal form of the opioid overdose antidote, is easier than ever. But would you know how to use it? Well, a local pharmaci…
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RT @KickStartSteph: Chicago CRED ready to scale up! A Northwestern study led by @AVPapachristos and @CornersResearch showed a 73% reductio….
chicagotribune.com
Nine years after the death of Sue Gin, a pioneering Chicago entrepreneur, her newly active foundation is taking up the fight against gun violence in the city where she built her career. The Sue Lin…
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RT @KickStartSteph: CVI programs can change people, and now is the time to find out if they can change whole communities says sociologist….
washingtonpost.com
Community violence intervention programs are an increasingly common, and successful, approach.
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Health economist @_Lindsay_Allen discusses the high cost (~$1K) of the new #obesity drug Zepbound on @cbschicago. "U.S. gov. doesn't negotiate with drug manufacturers, so manufacturers are able to set their list price at wherever they want" @NUFeinbergMed
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Professor and author Dan McAdams weighs in on the Trump organization fraud trial in New York. Journalists seeking news sources can find faculty experts at
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"On the whole, I think the public doesn’t like it. but legislators of both parties believe their primary voters want them to reject compromises." Laurel Harbridge-Yong @PoliSciatNU spoke to @ConversationUS about her research on partisan conflict.
theconversation.com
The deadline to fund the US government is fast approaching, and it will take a Congress seemingly addicted to brinkmanship to keep the government open.
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RT @chitribopinions: Kenneth Seeskin: Why do Jews who are such a small part of the world’s population elicit so much hatred? .
chicagotribune.com
The rise in antisemitic incidents in the U.S. should concern all of us because it is rarely an isolated phenomenon. According to a recent report from the Anti-Defamation League, the number of antis…
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Someone with mild hypothermia will start shivering, said @NUFeinbergMed's Dr. Scott Dresden. As the body shuts down, confusion sets in, shivering will stop.Severe hypothermia can cause cardiac arrest.@nellbsalzman piece on migrants in Chicago's cold temps
chicagotribune.com
Thousands of migrants sleeping at police stations woke up to freezing cold conditions on Halloween morning as city officials, volunteers and faith-based organizations scrambled to find warmth Tuesd…
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It's a gift to be able to break down complicated research for a lay audience. @GMA's Dr. Jennifer Ashton did just that when talking about @HeartDocSadiya's new study on #obesity and heart disease. CC: @NUFeinbergMed @nih_nhlbi @NMHC_News @CircRes
abcnews.go.com
A new study shows that high blood pressure and obesity in pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of postpartum cardiovascular disease. Dr. Jen Ashton explains.
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Congratulations to history prof @DeborahACohen of @WeinbergCollege, winner of Phi Beta Kappa Society's Ralph Waldo Emerson Award. Cohen talks with @NorthwesternU about writing 'Last Call at The Hotel Imperial' here:
news.northwestern.edu
Historian Deborah Cohen discusses her award-winning book “Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War”
Announcing the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards winners: Dennis Tyler, Deborah Cohen, and Jennifer Raff! #PBKBookAwards @proftyler @DeborahACohen @JenniferRaff
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RT @WeinbergCollege: Digital premiere 📽️ THIS Thurs. 10/12 @ 6pm CST @HistStudiesNU's @katemasur & @NU_SoC Angela Ray are featured experts….
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TOMORROW Oct. 12, 6 pm ET, @WeinbergCollege history prof @katemasur, journalist @AdamSerwer and a panel of legal experts do a Supreme Fact Check on SCOTUS's sourcing of history in its decision-making:
brennancenter.org
How the Supreme Court gets U.S. history wrong
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RT @NorthwesternU: Ever wonder why some people find it easier to stick to a vegetarian diet than others? . A @NorthwesternMed study suggest….
news.northwestern.edu
Large study finds three genes strongly linked to vegetarianism
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Which plays a larger role in #heart disease risk years after #pregnancy: #obesity or pregnancy complications (preeclampsia, gest. diabetes, etc)?. Pre-pregnancy obesity. New @NUFeinbergMed study from @HeartDocSadiya in @CircRes is the first to answer it:
news.northwestern.edu
‘Pregnancy reveals the risk that is already there’
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RT @NU_Pathology: A groundbreaking new study authored by our own Professor Emeritus of Pathology Dr. Nabeel Yaseen found that there is a po….
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