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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

The Fay Lomax Cook Colloquia has moved around campus, booking larger rooms over the years for a growing audience.

Institute of Policy Research Colloquium examines race in clinical prediction

February 6, 2024

In front of a few dozen faculty and students in the basement of Chambers Hall on Monday, economics Prof. Charles F. Manski presented his recent research advocating for including race in clinical algorithms. Manski’s...

Photo of Dr. Susan Quaggin posing in a research lab.

Northwestern announces first female chair of Medicine

July 3, 2023

Susan Quaggin will be the new chair of the Department of Medicine, Northwestern announced June 27.  Quaggin is set to become the University’s first ever female chair of Medicine. Quaggin’s term...

Illustration of vitamin supplement bottles.

Northwestern researchers find vitamin D may not reduce statin-related muscle pain

March 8, 2023

Patients with a history of heart attacks or strokes may be prescribed statins — medications that lower cholesterol levels, like vitamin D — as a preventative measure. However, some patients report...

Gray building with windows behind a stone plate that has the words “Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine” on it.

Feinberg Prof. Susan Quaggin receives American Heart Association recognition

November 7, 2022

Feinberg Prof. Susan Quaggin has been named an American Heart Association Distinguished Scientist, the Feinberg School of Medicine announced Oct. 31. The award this year recognized seven scientists...

Medicine director speaks about record-breaking decline in cancer mortality rates

Medicine director speaks about record-breaking decline in cancer mortality rates

January 12, 2020

A recent annual statistical report by the American Cancer Society revealed the largest yearly drop in deaths from cancer on-record between 2016 and 2017 and a 29 percent decrease from 1991 to 2017. Dr....

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