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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Four of the eight NU faculty members elected to the American Academy Arts and Sciences this year are Weinberg professors, while the others work in the McCormick School of Engineering and the Feinberg School of Medicine.

Eight NU faculty named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 20, 2023

Eight Northwestern faculty members were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary society and research center founded in 1780, according to a Wednesday news release by the University. McCormick...

Jennifer Doudna with a short, whitish-blond bob wearing a red cardigan and black top standing at a lectern.

Biochemist Jennifer Doudna receives Kimberly Prize for role in CRISPR studies

April 5, 2023

Biochemist Jennifer Doudna received the inaugural Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center on Tuesday. The prize will be awarded annually to...

Stone sign reading “Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine” in front of a stone building.

Feinberg and Simpson Querrey Institute award Kimberly Prize to CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna

September 20, 2022

The Feinberg School of Medicine and Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics awarded their inaugural Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics to biochemist Jennifer Doudna, Northwestern announced...

 A rendering of the Feinberg School of Medicine's incoming biomedical research center on the Chicago Campus. The Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center broke ground in May after a $92 million donation from the couple to the We Will campaign.

Feinberg research growing from injections of federal dollars, private gifts

July 8, 2015

Although the national government’s biomedical research funding has been stagnant for the past dozen years, funding for Northwestern’s medical school research has been steadily growing — a counterintuitive...

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