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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 lot where the Prentice Women’s Hospital once stood will soon be home to the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new research building was held Friday.

Northwestern, government officials celebrate new Feinberg building at groundbreaking

May 10, 2015

Northwestern, Chicago and Illinois officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to mark the start of construction on the Feinberg School of Medicine’s new research building. Chicago Mayor Rahm...

Northwestern establishes $200,000 medical science award

April 20, 2015

Northwestern has created a $200,000 prize for medical science that will be awarded starting in 2016. The Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science will recognize physician-scientists whose research...

Lurie Cancer Center chooses new director

October 1, 2014

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University named Dr. Leonidas Platanias its new director Wednesday, tapping a doctor who is known for his research on cancer-fighting proteins...

Northwestern has selected Chicago architecture firm Perkins+Will to design the new biomedical research building on the site of the old Prentice Women’s Hospital. The design "features a curved glass exterior, with flexible floor plans for laboratories and a sunny 'winter garden' area that will bring natural light into the building,” according to a University news release.

Northwestern selects Chicago firm to design new research building on site of old Prentice hospital

December 6, 2013

Northwestern has selected Chicago architecture firm Perkins+Will to design the University’s new biomedical research building on the site of the old Prentice Women’s Hospital. Construction is scheduled...

Feinberg launches new Institute of Public Health and Medicine

October 21, 2012

Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine is seeking applications to fill 60 staff positions for its recently inaugurated Institute of Public Health and Medicine, an interdisciplinary research institution. IPHAM...

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