Minority and Cultural Affairs Office Opens The Feinberg School’s new Office of Minority and Cultural Affairs recently opened its doors for business right in the heart of the medical school complex—on the main floor of the Morton Building just down the hall from the Offices of Student Affairs and Admissions. There John E. Franklin, MD,[…]

December 13, 2002 Psychiatric Disorders Prevalent Among Juvenile Detainees CHICAGO— Mental health professionals have speculated for years that many adolescents with serious psychiatric disorders are arrested instead of treated. Yet, there have been few studies. Now, a Northwestern University study has found that the majority of boys and girls currently detained in a juvenile facility[…]

Dr. Sandra Weintraub to Speak on Aging and Memory Northwestern Alzheimer’s disease expert Sandra Weintraub, PhD, will speak on Thursday, December 12, 2002, in north suburban Riverwoods, Illinois, about the changes in thinking abililities that come with normal aging and how they differ from the changes that occur with dementia found in Alzheimer’s disease. The[…]