A new study has found that people who live near green spaces, such as parks and places surrounded by vegetation, are more likely to be biologically younger. Key details: For the study, which was published in Science Advances on Wednesday, researchers from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago looked into data gathered from 1986 to 2006 about 924 Black and white participants living in Birmingham, Alabama; Oakland, California; Chicago and Minneapolis. Gathering data: The team followed the participants for over two decades and took note of the presence of major parks and vegetation near their residences using satellite imaging.
Amanda Distel became Northwestern’s next vice president and treasurer on June 5, the University announced in a press release Wednesday. Distel also took on the role of interim chief financial officer, in addition to continuing her oversight of NU’s treasury program and her Financial Operations portfolio, according to the release. “I look forward to working.
Jonathan Bailey Holland will serve as the dean of Bienen School of Music beginning Sept. 1, according to a Northwestern news release. Holland, whose music has been commissioned by leading orchestras and contemporary ensembles nationally and internationally, is an advocate for music education. He received a bachelor’s degree in music from the Curtis Institute of.
Over 4,000 people packed University of Illinois Chicago’s Credit Union 1 Arena Thursday night to rally with Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressives in support of Brandon Johnson. Johnson received the Vermont senator’s endorsement earlier this month, alongside a number of other key local and national endorsements, closing the gap between former Chicago Public Schools.
In an interview with Northwestern Now, Jamelia Morgan describes her motivation for founding the Center for Racial and Disability Justice, explains the relationship between race and disability and lays out her vision for the center’s work going forward.