In the SpotlightRead in-depth coverage of Northwestern work and research. |  From The Washington Post OpenAI dropped its for-profit restructuring plan, handing a win to Elon Musk and keeping control with its nonprofit board. Northwestern Law’s Jill Horwitz discusses how state regulators likely played a role in OpenAI’s restructuring and notes uncertainty around the nonprofit board’s ongoing control. |  From The New York Times The New York Times reports that newly elected Pope Leo XIV chose his name to honor Leo XIII, signaling a moderate, socially engaged papacy focused on workers’ rights and global unity. Weinberg’s Robert Orsi explains how Leo’s choice of name could signal his intention to engage with contemporary issues, including challenging resurgent nationalism. |  From Medscape Chronic pain now affects nearly one in four U.S. adults, prompting experts to push for multidisciplinary, non-drug treatments that address both physical and emotional factors. Feinberg’s Dr. Steven P. Cohen is rethinking chronic pain treatment by advocating for nonpharmacologic approaches and evaluating new therapies like neuromodulation, emphasizing that chronic pain involves emotional and cognitive factors — not just physical ones. |
| NU Voices | Read perspectives from Northwestern faculty in national media. |  From Peter DiCola, Chicago Tribune “It might seem counterintuitive to look to music distributors to support creators. But in an age in which distribution has become more valuable than creation, it’s exactly where we need to look. The fight for the value of artists’ labor might not seem like a priority at a moment of so much uncertainty and injustice. We can’t help seeing musicians as coughing canaries in the coal mine that we’re all working in. Every sector of the post-AI economy could eventually require this kind of reform,” Northwestern Law’s Peter DiCola writes in the Chicago Tribune. |  From Rebecca Zorach, Chicago Tribune “Not all official art is bad art, but the best art — which doesn’t necessarily mean the highest price tag — shakes us out of preconceived notions about how the world has to be. The best art comes from a wellspring of feeling and practices of cooperation, critique and care — not from edicts,” Weinberg’s Rebecca Zorach writes in the Chicago Tribune. |  From Erica Hartmann, The Hill “Without consistent funding and a welcoming environment full of potential collaborators, there is a dwindling space here for me and so many immigrants and descendants of immigrants who worked so hard to get to this country. We have all poured our energy and intellect into building this nation. If we are forced to leave, the loss will be immeasurable — diminishing the intellectual capital, scientific leadership and innovative spirit that has long defined America,” McCormick’s Erica Hartmann writes in The Hill. |
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