Your Colleagues in the NewsCheck out the top-reaching stories of academic impact in traditional media. Metrics draw from English-language print, broadcast and online global media outlets. | Top stories (May 12-18*) |
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Several faculty — most notably Katie Watson, Melissa Simon, Steven Lubet and John McGinnis — discuss the implications of the Supreme Court's likely upcoming decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. They were cited in 87 stories for a reach of 4.5 million. Top outlets include Bloomberg, CNN, The Skimm, Salon and The Hill.
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Donald Lloyd-Jones discusses treatments for atrial fibrillation after John Fetterman, Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor and a top Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, was diagnosed with the condition. Lloyd-Jones was cited in 214 stories for a reach of 3 million. Top outlets include the Associated Press, CBS News and The Hill.
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Gabrielle Liu finds Black adults experience higher rates of emphysema, but it is often undiagnosed due to race-based screening measures. Liu was cited in 115 stories for a reach of 2.7 million. Top outlets include New Scientist, U.S. News, UPI and HealthDay.
*To allow time for data processing and validation, the reporting period for top stories and quantitative media metrics runs Thursday-Wednesday. |  |
| In the spotlight | Read in-depth coverage of Northwestern faculty work and research. |  From Variety Northwestern University is playing a key role in bringing mental health stories to the world of film and TV. Its School of Communication features an innovative program that aims to shine a light on mental health and its role in filmed entertainment. |
| Trending News | These are the trending topics in the news and on social media that we’re keeping our eyes on this week. If you have a viewpoint or expertise on any of the topics below and you’re willing to talk to reporters about them, email us at media@northwestern.edu. | We're looking for experts on the following topics | President Biden has enlisted a dozen Asia-Pacific nations to join a new loosely defined economic bloc meant to counter China’s dominance and reassert American influence in the region. | President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan, saying the burden to protect Taiwan is “even stronger” after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It was one of the most forceful presidential statements in support of self-governing in decades. | More than 85 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 11 countries across Europe, North America and Australia, a rare occurrence for a virus largely confined to central and western Africa. The U.S. has confirmed cases in Massachusetts and New York. | Three child-size doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine appeared to be safe and showed a strong immune response in children ages six months to five years, the companies said Monday. The vaccine makers said they will finish submitting the trial data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week. | A shipment of 35 tons of baby formula arrived Sunday in Indianapolis on a U.S. military aircraft from Germany to address a nationwide shortage. The prescription formula will be distributed to areas around the country where there is the most acute need, a Biden administration official earlier told CNN. But the official said none of the first shipment would land on store shelves in the U.S. | While the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine will be focuses of the World Economic Forum’s gathering of business and government leaders, so too will climate change. |
| NU Voices | Read perspectives from Northwestern faculty in national media. |  From Kathleen Belew, The New York Times "The great replacement is the latest incarnation of an old idea: the belief that elites are attempting to destroy the white race by overwhelming it with nonwhite groups and thinning them out with interbreeding until white people no longer exist. ...Clearly this is not a fringe idea anymore. Decades of violence at the hands of extremists tell us that such ideas will lead to further violence. Mainstreaming of the idea means that the window for action is closing," Kathleen Belew writes in The New York Times. |  From Deborah Tuerkheimer, The New York Times "A major effort to update the model criminal code on rape may actually undermine new understandings of consent advanced by the #MeToo movement. ... At its core, a definition of consent as freely given agreement represents a societal commitment to sexual autonomy. If the American Law Institute’s model code abandons that commitment, it is a model no state should embrace," Deborah Tuerkheimer writes with co-author Michelle J. Anderson in The New York Times. |  From Steven Lubet, The Hill "Justice Clarence Thomas is seriously worried about the future of the Supreme Court, and not without reason. Public confidence in the court has plummeted, standing, according to one recent poll, at only around 40 percent. But Thomas is wrong about the cause for the decline. He thinks the problem is behavioral, when it is really institutional," Steven Lubet writes in The Hill. |  From Lee E. Miller, Scientific American "Though our work is far from finished, our results already have important implications for rehabilitation. ... Millions of people worldwide suffer from some form of limb dysfunction, such as paralysis or loss of feeling. With a better understanding of how sensory and motor signals support movement, doctors can eventually improve diagnosis and treatment of these conditions," Lee E. Miller writes with co-authors in Scientific American. |  From Michael L. Millenson, STAT "Medical care is intensely personal; shopping for cancer care isn’t like shopping for a car. That’s why we believe adapting the psychological principles of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs as an organizing framework, paired with the principles of information design, can significantly boost both the use and impact of safety and quality information," Michael L. Millenson writes with co-author J. Matthew Austin in STAT. |
| Media metrics | The following metrics reflect Northwestern's performance in 75 priority media outlets, chosen based on their reach and influence with key academic audiences. | Priority Media Outlet Performance Metrics | Coverage over time: |  |
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