In the SpotlightRead in-depth coverage of Northwestern faculty work and research. |  From The New York Times Queen Elizabeth II's personality is captured through photos over her seven decades on the throne. Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Erin Delaney discusses the importance of her walking stick as a symbol of strength. “There is something about fidelity, and that kind of long service and relationship, that speaks to strength, and not frailty,” Delaney said. |  From NBC Chicago Railroad unions and companies reached a tentative deal to avoid a railroad strike last week. Hani S. Mahmassani, director of Northwestern University Transportation Center, called railroads the lifeline of our economy and commented on how the strike would have severely interrupted the supply chain since 40% of goods shipped long distance in the United States use the rail system. |  From WBUR For a month, residents of Jackson, Mississippi, went without clean running water – one of many communities in the U.S. relying on a century-old water supply system. McCormick’s Aaron Packman discusses the challenges of maintaining much of the country’s aging water infrastructure. |
| NU Voices | Read perspectives from Northwestern faculty in national media. |  From Wendy Nelson Espeland, Chicago Tribune “When a death occurs, rituals give us something to do when we most need it: They offer comfort, help channel complex emotions and provide a sense of belonging at a time when absence is palpable and frightening,” Wendy Nelson Espeland writes in the Chicago Tribune. |
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