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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

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Q&A: Sociology Ph.D. student Aven Peters to present research on trans health care disparities at NIH convention

March 28, 2023

First-year sociology Ph.D. student Aven Peters is set to present their research on health care access disparities in the trans community at the National Institutes of Health’s “All of Us” Researchers...

University president Morton Schapiro, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and dean of Feinberg School of Medicine Dr. Eric Neilson tour the Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center in January. The center is set to open in June.

With Simpson Querrey about to open, research administrators struggle with grant proposal backlog

May 1, 2019

After seven years of planning, four years of construction worth $455 million and a planned investment totaling $1 billion, Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center is set to open in June. The new...

Northwestern-based startup named winner in Neuro Startup Challenge

June 25, 2015

After several months of competing in the National Institutes of Health’s Neuro Startup Challenge, a Northwestern-based group was selected as one of 13 winning teams from a pool of more than 70. The...

Northwestern researchers pinpoint biological marker for dyslexia

February 21, 2013

Northwestern researchers have found a biological marker they believe may play a role in the development of dyslexia, a learning disorder that affects reading accuracy and comprehension in about one in...

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks is expected to decide Thursday whether to recommend landmark status for the former site of Prentice Womens Hospital. The designation would make it harder for Northwestern to demolish the old building to make way for a new research facility.

In Focus: After decades-spanning strife, fate of former Prentice site nears

October 31, 2012

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday endorsed Northwestern’s plan to demolish the old Prentice Women’s Hospital and build a new biomedical research facility, lending one of the most authoritative...

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