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

The Daily Northwestern


Singer Caitlyn Glennon (Bienen ’11) holds hands with a Songs by Heart Foundation resident. Since the inception of the program in 2015, the organization has grown from three locations to over 30 nationwide.

Nonprofit seeks to improve quality of life through music for people with dementia

October 25, 2017

A&E While music is typically said to heal the soul, the Songs by Heart Foundation is using music to restore what medicine can’t for millions of people with dementia. Songs by Heart, launched...

Provost Daniel Linzer welcomes King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands during an event held at Northwestern's Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Center at NU's Chicago campus. The Dutch royal couple visited NU to establish a partnership with the Feinberg School of Medicine to research healthy aging.

Dutch King and Queen visit Feinberg, establish collaboration for study of healthy aging

June 3, 2015

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited the Feinberg School of Medicine on Wednesday morning to establish a research partnership to bolster the study of healthy aging, including...

Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget would cut $3.3 million from Alzheimer’s disease centers, affecting research, patient care and family support.

Rauner budget would slash state funding for Alzheimer’s research, care

May 8, 2015

Illinois Budget Crisis Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget would cut more than $3 million from three state Alzheimer’s disease centers, including $330,000 from Northwestern’s Feinberg School...

Northwestern Medicine discovers new memory improvement method

September 24, 2014

Northwestern researchers discovered that using electrical current to stimulate the brain can improve memory, according to a study published last month. This research could be used to treat conditions...

Northwestern researchers hit ‘bull’s eye’ with Alzheimer’s molecule

July 5, 2013

Northwestern researchers are a step closer to marketing a molecular compound that targets Alzheimer’s disease in humans. NU scientists created a drug-like molecule that successfully treated memory...

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