November 17, 2025
– from The Daily Northwestern
More than 30 students battled it out at Northwestern’s first-ever music hackathon, BitCrush, on Nov. 15, performing familiar hits and original compositions with an unusual instrument: code. The event was sponsored by the Northwestern Network for Collaborative Intelligence.
Subcategories: Creative and Performing Arts
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Creative and Performing Arts
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November 13, 2025
– from Northwestern Now
Professor Dedre Gentner has received the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science from the Franklin Institute, which for more than two centuries has honored the world’s most influential scientists, engineers and inventors who have made significant advances in science and technology.
Subcategories: Other
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Other
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November 03, 2025
– from Lake County News-Sun
Professor V.S. Subrahmanian spoke with the Lake County News-Sun about the growing concern of such nefarious use of AI image generation tools as the technology becomes more ubiquitous.
Subcategories: Law, Policy, and Geopolitics
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Law, Policy, and Geopolitics
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November 02, 2025
– from Kellogg School of Management
Professor Sébastien Martin's experience deploying AI in the classroom shows how domain knowledge and experimentation can lead to true breakthroughs.
Subcategories: Business and Decision-Making
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Business and Decision-Making
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October 16, 2025
– from The Garage at Northwestern
At this week’s Family Dinner at The Garage, startup founders in the Residency Program gathered to share how they’re using AI to optimize workflows, sharpen their ideas, and expand their impact as builders.
Subcategories: Business and Decision-Making
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Business and Decision-Making
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October 13, 2025
– from Northwestern Now
Scientists at Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago developed and validated AI models that accurately identify children at high risk for sepsis within 48 hours, so they can receive early preemptive care.
Subcategories: Medicine
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Medicine
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October 07, 2025
– from McCormick School of Engineering
The team including Northwestern Engineering's Krishna Shrinivas demonstrated a new machine learning method that can design intrinsically disordered proteins with tailored properties.
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Other
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October 03, 2025
– from Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
The interdisciplinary Global LLM Values Benchmarking Working Group is examining the sociopolitical values embedded in large language models from the US, China, Europe, India, Russia, the Middle East, and North Africa to improve AI governance, enhance transparency, and foster AI systems that reflect global perspectives.
Subcategories: Communication and Journalism, Business and Decision-Making
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Communication and Journalism, Business and Decision-Making
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October 01, 2025
– from Kellogg School of Management
Professor Birju Shah outlines a three-pronged threshold to help companies determine whether they need a dedicated chief artificial intelligence officer: Do you have at least a million customers? Is your company moving into personalization? Do you have the resources in place to implement AI?
Subcategories: Business and Decision-Making
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Business and Decision-Making
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September 24, 2025
– from Querrey Simpson Institute for Regenerative Engineering
A research team at the Querrey Simpson Institute for Regenerative Engineering has received a four-year, $4.7 million grant to develop a system to simultaneously accelerate wound healing, lower infection risk, and provide continuous in-wound monitoring.
Subcategories: Medicine
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Medicine
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September 12, 2025
– from McCormick School of Engineering
A research team with Professors Wei Chen and Ryan Truby harnessed physics, computation, and 3D printing to autonomously produce materials that change shape on demand.
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Other
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September 01, 2025
– from Northwestern Magazine
Professor Kris Hammond helps us navigate the new world of human-AI interaction.
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Other
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September 01, 2025
– from Poets & Quants
Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management is launching a new AI and machine learning curriculum this fall. Professors Sebastien Martin and Bryan Seegmiller share insights on how MBA students will be positioned to lead in the new landscape of AI in the workplace.
Subcategories: Business and Decision-Making
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Business and Decision-Making
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August 05, 2025
– from Northwestern Now
A hands-on workshop series at The Garage helps fast-track ideas from concept to prototype.
Subcategories: Business and Decision-Making
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Business and Decision-Making
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August 05, 2025
– from CDO Magazine
Professor Joel Shapiro encourages businesses to define what constitutes evidence, treat it as a strategic asset, and use it to make smarter decisions—ultimately becoming truly evidence-driven organizations.
Subcategories: Business and Decision-Making
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Business and Decision-Making
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August 01, 2025
– from Kellogg School of Management
Generative AI models are susceptible to the same errors that humans make when interpreting statistical results.
Subcategories: Business and Decision-Making
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Business and Decision-Making
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July 25, 2025
– from Northwestern Now
Rainfall intensity, soil saturation and snowmelt drive widespread landslide pathways.
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Other
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July 02, 2025
– from Kellogg School of Management
How a Kellogg Global Initiatives in Management trip unfolded to be a masterclass in astute observation, product design and building intelligent systems with integrity and intention.
Subcategories: Business and Decision-Making
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Business and Decision-Making
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June 26, 2025
– from Northwestern Now
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed an AI tool that not only matches doctors in accurately outlining lung tumors on CT scans but can also identify areas that some doctors may miss.
Subcategories: Medicine
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Medicine
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June 25, 2025
– from Feinberg School of Medicine
An artificial intelligence-based imaging approach may be an effective tool for distinguishing patients with Parkinson’s disease from those with other closely related diseases sooner than current methods, according to a recent study published in JAMA Neurology.
Subcategories: Medicine
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Medicine
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June 13, 2025
– from Bienen School of Music
How is artificial intelligence reshaping music? Associate Professor Daniel Shanahan shares insights.
Subcategories: Creative and Performing Arts
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Creative and Performing Arts
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June 11, 2025
– from Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
The Buffett Institute’s AI and Social Movements Global Working Group brings together experts from engineering, law, and the social sciences to understand how ethically to leverage AI in tracking social movements worldwide.
Subcategories: Communication and Journalism
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Communication and Journalism
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June 09, 2025
– from Northwestern Now
New tool could pave the way for new multi-target therapies, personalized.
Subcategories: Medicine
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Medicine
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June 04, 2025
– from McCormick School of Engineering
In the Applied AI for Software Development course launched by Hamilton Murrah (MBAi ’25), fourth-year and master’s degree students are drawing on their foundational programming knowledge to experiment with GenAI tools.
Subcategories: Education and Learning Sciences
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Education and Learning Sciences
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April 01, 2025
– from School of Education and Social Policy
The center will lead various initiatives, starting with a new interdisciplinary graduate program designed to address challenges at the intersections of technology, society, and policy.
Subcategories: Education and Learning Sciences
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Education and Learning Sciences
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April 01, 2025
– from Northwestern Magazine
Professor Vicky Kalogera examines Northwestern’s ambitions in astrophysics, AI and data science.
Subcategories: Astronomy
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Astronomy
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March 10, 2025
– from Northwestern University in Qatar
Three Northwestern University in Qatar students have been selected as the inaugural recipients of the Advanced Undergraduate Research on Robots and Artificial Intelligence (AURORA) research grant, a groundbreaking initiative supporting undergraduate research and development projects in AI and its transformative impact on communication, journalism, and writing.
Subcategories: Communication and Journalism
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Communication and Journalism
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February 26, 2025
– from McCormick School of Engineering
On January 16, leading strategists, researchers, and policymakers discussed how AI technologies influence global power dynamics, national security, economic development, and the frameworks for governance and cooperation between nations.
Subcategories: Law, Policy, and Geopolitics
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Law, Policy, and Geopolitics
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