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Multicultural Student Production Sizzles While a frigid wind whipped off Lake Michigan, in nearby Thorne Auditorium Feinberg medical student performers sizzled in the 2009 Fusion show held January 16. An annual multicultural event, the evening show featured ethnically-influenced song, dance, fashion, and other acts. Flying aboard Northwestern’s imaginary “purple plane,” the Fusion audience stopped in[…]

NU eMERGE Network—Milestone for Genetic Medicine Researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM) are participating in the Electronic Medical Record and Genomics Network (eMERGE), a nationwide effort that may transform the future of personalized medicine by integrating medical informatics technology and genetics. Northwestern is one of five institutions in the eMERGE network, which has[…]

Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration A week-long series of events is scheduled on both campuses in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. The Chicago-campus schedule includes panel discussions on media portrayals of African-Americans and other people of color, biases and stereotypes that are still pervasive and ubiquitous in America, and a point/counterpoint argument on the[…]

Dr. Rymer Leads Research Efforts at RIC Dr. W. Zev Rymer W. Zev Rymer, MD, PhD, professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, has been appointed vice president for research at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC). The Institute’s most senior scientist and the founder of the current RIC research program, Dr. Rymer will oversee all[…]

NU President-Elect Meets Feinberg School Community Dr. Morton Schapiro Northwestern’s next president visited the Feinberg School last week during an introductory tour of the Chicago campus. Morton O. Schapiro, PhD, will become the 16th president of the University on September 1, succeeding Henry S. Bienen, who will step down after a highly successful presidency spanning[…]

Middle School Outreach Program Inspires Future Scientists Middle school students conduct experiments for younger members of the Science Club at the Uptown chapter of the Boys and Girls Club. Chicago-based science experts had their audience “ooh-ing” and “ahh-ing” at a bustling fair Wednesday. A 10-week session packed with experiments and lectures culminated in the scientists[…]

Robert O. Bonow, MD, has been named the recipient of the 2009 John Phillips Memorial Award of the American College of Physicians (ACP). “The John Phillips Award is one of the most prestigious in internal medicine and could not go to a more deserving candidate,” said James J. Foody, MD, professor of medicine, vice chair[…]

Northwestern Ranks Second in HIV/AIDS Research Impact Dr. Frank Palella talks with a patient. The highly regarded journal, Science, identified Northwestern University as one of the top 10 institutions with the highest impact on HIV/AIDS research based on citations per published paper. Northwestern’s own Frank J. Palella, MD, associate professor of medicine, holds the distinction[…]