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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


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...

Feinberg professor involved in successful chemotherapy alternative for leukemia

January 29, 2014

A multinational research team that includes Feinberg School of Medicine professor Dr. Shuo Ma is testing a drug that may make a common form of leukemia treatable without the use of chemotherapy. Led...

A rendering of Northwestern’s new biomedical research building by Chicago architecture firm Perkins+Will. Construction is scheduled to begin on the base of the building, on the site of the old Prentice Women’s Hospital, in 2015.

As architect selected for new research building, Prentice tops list of historic sites lost

January 9, 2014

Prentice Women’s Hospital tops a list of historic sites lost in 2013, according to a report released by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The group is part of the Save Prentice Coalition,...

Lurie Cancer Cancer, Northwestern Hospital get new top administrators

Lurie Cancer Cancer, Northwestern Hospital get new top administrators

January 8, 2014

As they enter the new year, both Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center have new heads in charge. Richard Gannotta was appointed president of the hospital,...

Steven Rosen

Steven Rosen to leave Lurie Cancer Center for Los Angeles research hospital

November 3, 2013

Dr. Steven Rosen, the director of the Feinberg School of Medicine’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, will leave Northwestern early next year to become the provost and chief scientific officer...

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