This study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examines the lifetime risk of heart disease in white and black men and women.

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine was the first institution to offer a Master of Science in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. The degree program started in 2006. Its fifth class graduates June 2012.

Northwestern University and the University of Chicago have launched the Chicago Collaboration for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, a three-year effort to enhance the recruitment and advancement of women faculty members in those fields.