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Efimov Invested as American Academy of Sciences and Letters Member
Professor Igor Efimov joins a list of AASL honorees that includes Sir Salman Rushdie, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and three Nobel-laureate scientists.Nov 14, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
New Nanomedicine Wipes Out Leukemia in Animal Study
By restructuring a common chemo drug, Professor Chad Mirkin boosted the treatment’s power by 10,000-fold.Oct 29, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
The Geometric Code: Genome’s 3D Shape Functions as the Living Computer that Enabled Complex Life
New research from Professors Vadim Backman and Igal Szleifer reveals the language that stores cell memory -- written in the shape of the genome itself.Oct 29, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
The Importance of Finding a Positive “Mirror Effect”
At an Oct. 9 event presented by the Personal Development StudioLab, Sheila Gujrathi implored students to follow their happiness and give themselves a break.Oct 16, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
The Best Inventions of 2025: Northwestern University Millimeter Pacemaker
Time magazine highlighted the heart-helper for infants developed by Professors John Rogers, Igor Efimov, and Yonggang Huang.Oct 9, 2025|from Time
QSI RENU Team Receives MTEC Grant to Develop Regenerative System for Wound Healing
The grant supports a Northwestern-led team with Professors Jonathan Rivnay, Guillermo Ameer, and John Rogers working to create a wireless regenerative system to improve wound healing outcomes.Sep 26, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Using Tongue Swabs to Diagnose Tuberculosis
Matthew Glucksberg and Sally McFall are spearheading Northwestern’s role in developing a simpler, more accessible method to diagnose tuberculosis, working with global partners to move tongue-swab testing from early trials toward potential adoption by the World Health Organization.Sep 24, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern Engineering Names Winners of 2025 Cole-Higgins Awards
Joshua D’Arcy, Izzy Grosof, Jeremy Keys, Amjed Shafique, and Robert Linsenmeier received the school’s annual awards for outstanding teaching and advising.Sep 18, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
CRISPR’s Efficiency Triples with Spherical Nucleic Acid Delivery System
The new system developed by Professor Chad Mirkin delivers CRISPR machinery more safely and effectively into cells.Sep 5, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Rogers Wins Royal Society’s Bakerian Medal
Elected a Royal Society Fellow in May, Professor John Rogers was honored for foundational scientific and engineering contributions to the field of bioelectronics.Aug 27, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Clean Hydrogen’s Iridium Problem? Solved in an Afternoon
A new megalibrary developed by Professors Chad Mirkin and Ted Sargent accelerates the discovery of an iridium alternative for hydrogen production.Aug 19, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund Advances Breakthrough Science
More than $6 million in strategic seed funding for Northwestern faculty to date, including projects in the latest round with McCormick Professors Shana O. Kelley, Ying Wu, Milan Mrksich, and Jonathan Rivnay, accelerates high-impact research toward commercialization.Aug 1, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern Scientists and Biomedical Engineering Students Contribute to Low-Field MRI System to Diagnose Tuberculosis Meningitis in Children
A group supported by C-THAN identified a need for improved imaging for diagnosis of tuberculosis meningitis in children. The team built a point-of-care low-field MRI system for neuroradiological assessment of children presenting with suspected TBM.Aug 1, 2025|from Havey Institute for Global Health
Backed by Philanthropy, CEVO Advancing Personalized Glaucoma Treatment with AI and Imaging
Led by Professor Hao F. Zhang, the center will advance its work by developing cutting-edge tools to better understand and treat glaucoma, one of the world’s leading causes of permanent blindness.Jul 28, 2025|from Northwestern Engineering News
Is Baby Getting Enough Breastmilk? New Device Helps Moms Learn
The Los Angeles Times wrote about the recent work by Professor John Rogers that can provide clinical-grade, continuous monitoring of breast milk consumption.Jul 22, 2025|from Los Angeles Times