Northwestern Now E-News Friday, March 27 ===================================== NEWS ===================================== "Self-sanitizing medical face mask could slow virus spread" Northwestern research led by Jiaxing Huang has received funding to develop a new self-sanitizing medical face mask that deactivates viruses on contact. Read More: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/03/self-sanitizing-face-mask-project-receives-nsf-rapid-grant/ "New drug target found for COVID-19" A new potential drug target has been identified in SARS CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — by Northwestern scientists led by Karla Satchell who said multiple drugs will likely be needed to respond to the pandemic. Read More: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/03/new-drug-target-found-for-covid-19/ "Cathy Stembridge, alumna, longtime leader of the Northwestern Alumni Association, has passed away" Visit: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/03/cathy-stembridge-alumna-longtime-leader-of-the-northwestern-alumni-association-has-passed-away/ for more information "Economists led by Northwestern’s Martin Eichenbaum: Shutdown could save 600,000 American lives" Visit: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-23/economic-shutdown-is-estimated-to-save-600-000-american-lives?srnd=markets-vp for more information "Medical students are helping the community by shopping, tutoring and collecting masks" Visit: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/03/medical-students-organize-volunteers-to-help-community/ for more information ===================================== FEATURES ===================================== "The more forcefully we act now, the shorter the problem." - Infectious disease expert Robert Murphy in a Northwestern Buffett webinar on blunting the impact of COVID-19. Read More: https://buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2020/northwestern-buffett-facilitates-qa-session-on-blunting-the-impact-of-covid-19-with-infectious-disease-expert,-dr.-robert-murphy.html ===================================== EVENTS ===================================== ------------------------------------- Visit Northwestern Now: https://news.northwestern.edu Contact the editor: news@northwestern.edu Unsubscribe: https://news.northwestern.edu/subscribe