Category: Campus News
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Center for Community Health Hosts 2026 Community-Engaged Research Conference
The 2026 Community-Engaged Research Conference drew scores of community leaders and their academic partners for a day-long exchange of stories and ideas cultivated in the pursuit of improving the health of all Chicagoans.
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Master’s Program Revamped to Address Informatics Needs
The Master of Science in Biomedical Informatics program — previously known as the Master of Science in Health and Biomedical Informatics — will launch in the fall offering two tracks: one in bioinformatics and another in health informatics.
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Feinberg Names 2026 Mentors of the Year
Feinberg’s Medical Faculty Council (MFC) honored the recipients of the 2026 Mentor of the Year awards at a workshop on June 11, with awardees sharing their career journeys and insights they have gained from years of mentoring.
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Mateen Appointed Director of New Center for Global Neurology
Farrah Mateen, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Multiple Sclerosis & Neuroimmunology and the Dr. Charles L. Mix Research Professor of Neurology, has been named director of the Center for Global Neurology, a center of the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health (IGH).
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NUCATS and NICO Symposium Sparks Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Recently, the Symposium to Empower High-Priority Research Collaborations, organized by the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute and the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, focused on addressing critical challenges in human health and disease through team-based approaches.
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Alzheimer Day Highlights Research Advances and Community Engagement
Faculty, clinicians, investigators and community members gathered on May 19 for Alzheimer Day, an annual conference dedicated to advancing understanding of dementia and connecting cutting-edge research with patients and families.
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Feinberg Students Launch Inaugural Day of Service Across Chicago
Students from across Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s academic programs came together on Sunday, May 3, for the inaugural Feinberg Day of Service — a new student-led initiative centered on volunteerism, community partnership and cross-program connection.
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Honors Day Celebrates Medical School Excellence
Fourth-year medical students and faculty members were recognized for academic and clinical excellence during Feinberg’s Honors Day, held on May 15 in the Hughes Auditorium.
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Holmes Named 2026 Medical Librarian of the Year
Kristi Holmes, PhD, associate dean for knowledge management and strategy, has been named the 2026 Medical Librarian of the Year by the Friends of the National Library of Medicine.
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Feinberg Classmates Return to Campus for Alumni Weekend 2026
Feinberg alumni returned to campus on May 1 and 2 for Alumni Weekend 2026, an event dedicated to reconnecting classmates and celebrating milestone reunions.
