Alzheimer's disease is most commonly diagnosed in people over age 65. That, says molecular biosciences professor Richard Morimoto, offers a critical clue to understanding Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
If you drove around Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2012, you couldn't miss the billboards promoting Kabul Dreams, the country's first rock band. "Seeing the images of three rockers all around Kabul wasn't something many people expected," says Alykhan Kaba '18 MBA, who at the time was working in Kabul for a telecom company that sponsored the band.
After earning First Team All–Big Ten honors in his junior year with Northwestern baseball, J.A. Happ '04 was selected in the third round of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.