Tag: Awards
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Alumni Return to Greet Old Friends, See Evolving Campus
More than 600 alumni, guests, faculty, and students took part in the annual celebration of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine graduates.
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Physical Therapy Students Celebrate Graduation
Part of the longest continually accredited physical therapy school in the nation, 74 Feinberg PT students graduated on Saturday, April 20, after three years of classroom and clinical instruction.
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Shedding New Light on Brain Circuit Involved in Parkinson’s
Postdoctoral fellow Kelly Glajch, PhD’12, received a prestigious fellowship from the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation to support the study of neuron signaling changes in the striatum region of the brain, an area associated with the disease.
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Accepted Students Take a Second Look at Feinberg
The Office of Admissions at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine hosted the annual Second Look event on April 11-12, giving prospective medical students an opportunity to learn more about Feinberg before making a final decision on where to go to medical school.
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Feinberg, RIC Announce Expanded Collaboration
A new agreement with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) means the RIC will provide the clinical venue for Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences faculty, expand clinical education experiences for students, create a joint Northwestern-RIC physical therapy residency program, and allow Feinberg and RIC researchers the ability to better pursue investigative questions…
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Remembering Raisbeck, Alumnus and Orthopaedic Surgeon
Clifford Clinton Raisbeck Jr, MD’53, GME’61, orthopaedic surgeon and strong supporter of the medical school, died on March 29 from complications of pneumonia. He was 84.
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New Curriculum Gives Opportunity for Early Clinical Experience
First-year medical students reinforced concepts from their cardiopulmonary, respiratory, and renal units through a week of hands-on simulation events known as the Synthesis and Application Module. This component of the new curriculum focuses on integrating more clinical experiences early on and challenges students to apply what they’ve learned in the classroom.
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Physician Assistant Program Receives Continuing Accreditation
Graduating its first class in 2012, Feinberg’s Physician Assistant Program has moved from provisional to continuing accreditation, receiving a rating of 100 percent compliant from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant.
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Research Day 2013 Boasts Record Number of Participants
The Ninth Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day, held on Thursday, April 4, had a record breaking 318 scientific posters, representing all 26 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine departments.
