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The resurgence of deathcare workers across industries presents an opportunity to creatively reimagine what a good death can look like.

For almost two hours, close to 50 students gathered in Parkes Hall room and talked about death over chocolate cupcakes. The conversations, which took place in small groups, touched on pre-death plans, personal losses and the universality of death.  Despite the topic’s morbidity, SESP second year Aimee Resnick said she organized this event in hopes...

There are many benefits of having an open and honest discussion about our eventual death with those who love and care for us.

Mass shootings are causing widespread anxiety among Americans. A new screening tool could identify those who are impacted enough to need mental health support

Content Warning: This story contains discussion of death. Mel Keiser, the business coordinator of the art history and classics department at Northwestern, said she wanted to learn how to dig a grave so she could bury effigies for past versions of herself. As a result, she started the Death Studies research workshop this past fall. ...

Studying death and dying

“I think I was six or seven years old when I read a National Geographic for Kids article about the extinction of dinosaurs,” Mische says. “That was kind of the first big Wow-Moment I had with death and mortality. As I grew up, I had that on the side burner. I didn’t think about it a lot. It was after college that I started to really get into my own art practice a lot more. Slowly, the idea of memories, death and life, death and afterlife, made their way into my art.” Artwork by Elyse...

France considers declaring day of national tribute for victims of Covid-19 Issued on: 16/04/2021 - 18:30 Coffins of Covid-19 victims at the Lantz funeral home in Mulhouse, eastern France, on April 5, 2020. © Sebastien Bozon, AFP Text by: Bahar MAKOOI 5 min France is considering declaring a day of national tribute to the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, having passed the milestone of 100...

It is common wisdom that nobody ever wished hed spent more time at the office when hes at deaths door.