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Danny Cohen is the founder of Unsilence, a human rights education nonprofit.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s newly appointed Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission includes a number of Northwestern University faculty members, alumni and one undergraduate student, all of whom have dedicated themselves and their work to issues related to Holocaust, genocide, social justice education and commemoration.
Danny M. Cohen, the Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction in the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP) and an alumnus of Northwestern, was appointed co-chair of the 17-member team of scholars, educators and practitioners. Cohen is the founder of Unsilence, a human rights education nonprofit.
Getting under your skin: Molecular research builds new understanding of skin regeneration
As the air continues to dry and temperatures drop, the yearly battle against dry hands and skin has officially begun. New research from Northwestern University has found new evidence deep within the skin about the mechanisms controlling skin repair and renewal.
Skin’s barrier function gives it the unique ability to fight winter woes and retain water for our bodies. The outer layer of the skin, the epidermis, is constantly turning over to replace dead or damaged cells, creating new cells to reinforce the barrier function and heal damage. The gene regulatory mechanisms that control epidermis turnover remain incompletely understood.
Waste clearance is crucial for brain health, preventing neurodegenerative disease A new Northwestern University study reaffirms the importance of getting
Research finds new evidence about the mechanisms controlling skin repair and regeneration
As the air continues to dry and temperatures drop, the yearly battle against dry hands and skin has officially begun. New research from Northwestern University has found new evidence deep within the skin about the mechanisms controlling skin repair and renewal.
Skin s barrier function gives it the unique ability to fight winter woes and retain water for our bodies. The outer layer of the skin, the epidermis, is constantly turning over to replace dead or damaged cells, creating new cells to reinforce the barrier function and heal damage. The gene regulatory mechanisms that control epidermis turnover remain incompletely understood.
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‘For My People’ was written by Northwestern alumna Margaret Walker Alexander
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Northwestern English professor Natasha Trethewey, two-time U.S. Poet Laureate and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2007, introduced a special collaborative remix of the seminal poem “For My People,” a civil rights anthem written in 1937 by Northwestern alumna Margaret Walker Alexander.
A collaboration between PBS American Portrait and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Commission on the Arts, of which Trethewey is co-chair, the project invited Americans to submit their own lines inspired by “For My People.” The Academy enlisted members including John Lithgow, Yo-Yo Ma, Ken Burns and Henry Louis Gates to record parts of the poem.