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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


Durbin speaks at Feinberg on federal research funding increase

January 6, 2016

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) spoke Monday at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine about the importance of medical research in light of increased federal funding to the National Institutes of Health. The...

NU is building the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center in the Chicago Campus with the aim of creating more research spaces for faculty, said Eric Neilson, vice president for medical affairs at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Feinberg is set to receive about $400 million out of the $620 million of Northwestern’s sponsored research funding.

NU research funding reaches new high of $620 million

November 13, 2015

This year, Northwestern’s sponsored research funding reached an all-time total of $620 million, representing a 4 percent increase from last year and a 63 percent increase in the past nine years alone. Approximately...

Rep. Bob Dold (center) views stem cells transformed into live heart cells under a microscope in Feinberg School of Medicine's Center for Genetic Medicine. Dold toured the lab Monday before a roundtable discussion with NU doctors and administrators on medical research funding.

Rep. Bob Dold talks medical research funding bill with NU faculty

August 31, 2015

U.S. Rep. Bob Dold (R-Ill.) toured a Feinberg School of Medicine genetics laboratory Monday, then spoke with Feinberg doctors and administrators about the need for more federal funding for medical research. “We...

Northwestern receives $17.5 million research grant for HIV prevention program

August 5, 2015

Northwestern Medicine scientists have received a $17.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to use over the next five years for the development of an implantable drug delivery system to...

Folmsbee: Bill Nye proves the best science advocates aren’t scientists

Folmsbee: Bill Nye proves the best science advocates aren’t scientists

April 14, 2015

On Friday, former television host and science advocate Bill Nye will speak at Northwestern. He is one of only a few Americans who could be described as a science celebrity, beloved by schoolchildren and...

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