Northwestern Now E-News Friday, Jan. 25 ===================================== NEWS ===================================== "Shining a light on medieval Africa as a cultural force" Opening this weekend, an ambitious new exhibition at the Block Museum of Art showcases the lost kingdoms and commercial centers of Africa. "Caravans of Gold" uses artifacts from sites around the Sahara Desert and artwork from West and North Africa, Europe and the Middle East that reveal the reach of Saharan networks. Read More: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2018/november/caravans-of-gold-block-museum/ "Martin Luther King Jr. observance Monday" Economic empowerment activist Maggie Anderson will deliver keynote addresses on both campuses Monday, Jan. 28, as Northwestern concludes its week-long commemoration of the life and legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Read More: https://www.northwestern.edu/mlk/index.html "Why do diseases affect women differently than men?" The recently upgraded Illinois Women’s Health Registry helps uncover the answer by linking women to scientists and clinical trials. Read More: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2019/01/illinois-womens-health-registry/ "Explaining the political divide on climate change" Despite a scientific consensus, citizens are divided when it comes to climate change, often along political lines, and Northwestern researchers want to better understand why. Read More: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2019/01/northwestern-researchers-examine-political-divide-behind-climate-change-beliefs/ "Opportunities abound at the upcoming winter internship and job fair Jan. 30-31" Visit: https://www.northwestern.edu/careers/job-intern-prep/career-fair/index.html for more information "An appetizing first-year seminar explores how food shapes a culture’s history and identity" Visit: https://www.weinberg.northwestern.edu/about/news/2019/turkish-delight.html for more information "Why an NFL lineman walked away at age 27 for medical school" Visit: http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/275379/why-an-nfl-lineman-walked-away-at-27-to-pursue-med-school for more information ===================================== FEATURES ===================================== "" Read More: ===================================== EVENTS ===================================== "Jupiter String Quartet" January 25, 7:30 PM Visit: https://artscircle.northwestern.edu/music/guest-artist/jupiter-string-quartet for more information "Opening celebration: Caravans of Gold" January 26, 2:00 PM Visit: https://artscircle.northwestern.edu/humanities/special-event/opening-celebration-caravans-gold-fragments-time for more information "An Evening of Beethoven, Zyman and Taneyev" January 27, 7:30 PM Visit: https://artscircle.northwestern.edu/music/guest-artist/evening-beethoven-zyman-and-taneyev for more information ------------------------------------- Visit Northwestern Now: https://news.northwestern.edu Contact the editor: news@northwestern.edu Unsubscribe: https://news.northwestern.edu/subscribe