On May 23, 2017, the University of Chicago Medicine announced receipt of a $100 million donation by Craig…
On May 3, 2017, the University of Pennsylvania announced plans to build a $1.5 billion new hospital on…
On Mar. 25, 2017, University of Alberta researchers announced they had discovered the protein Rab32 in the brains…
In 2017, BioXcel Therapeutics was founded in New Haven, Connecticut as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that utilizes novel…
On Aug. 8, 2016, the National Institute on Drug Abuse announced a five-year grant totaling $11,714,623 to The…
On Jun. 17, 2016, the China Brain Project was announced which focused on the study of basic mechanisms…
On Jun. 1, 2016, scientists at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health announced proof that…
On May 21, 2016, the Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease (WPI) opened its doors. The Institute’s origins…
In 2016, Siteman and St. Louis Children’s Hospital established Siteman Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, focused on…
On Dec. 8, 2015, UCLA Health Sciences announced it had received a $10 million gift from philanthropists Wendy…
On Oct. 1, 2015, The Kavli Foundation announced a $20 million award to establish the Kavli Neural Systems…
On Oct. 1, 2015, The Kavli Foundation announced a $20 million award to establish the Institute for Fundamental…
On Oct. 1, 2015, The Kavli Foundation announced a $20 million award to establish the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery…
On Mar. 25, 2015, longtime University of Southern California (USC) benefactors Mark and Mary Stevens donated $50 million…
On Oct. 15, 2014, the University of Iowa ushered in a new age of accelerated research in biomedicine…
In 2007, Dr. Jordan Tang, led a team of scientists at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) that identified…
In Oct. of 2004, the Hotchkiss Brain Institute was launched under the leadership of Dr. Samuel Weiss with…
On Sept. 4, 2003, the National Center for Research Resources (NCCR) awarded a $6.7 million grant to the…
On Sept. 1, 1999, Princeton University researchers reported that they had genetically modified mice to have improved learning…
In 1998, Montana Neuroscience Institute Foundation was a non-profit partnership between St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center…
On Jul. 4, 1939, baseball legend Lou Gehrig delivered the famous speech bidding farewell to the ballpark and…
On Jul. 15, 1910, the term Alzheimer’s disease was first used by German psychiatrist Dr. Emil Kraepelin to…
On Oct. 12, 1872, the Legislature established the University of Oregon (UO) in Eugene. The UO officially opened…