On May 23, 2017, the University of Chicago Medicine announced receipt of a $100 million donation by Craig…
On Apr. 4, 2017, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Tobin J. Marks “to recognize…
On Jan. 4, 2017, Abbott announced it had completed the acquisition of St. Jude Medical for $25 billion….
On Aug. 12, 2015, the Cephalopod Sequencing Consortium announced the first-ever sequencing of the entire octopus genome. Researchers…
On Jan. 12, 2015, The Albert Einstein Cancer Center became the only medical institution in New York City,…
On Sept. 12, 2014, the University of Iowa announced that alumnus Franklin D. Truebloodï¾’s lifelong interest in medical…
On May 1, 2014, the first U.S. imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was confirmed in…
On Aug. 25, 2010, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced a $5 million grant from the Walter…
In 2010, the Roskamp Foundation’s governing board announced that the Roskamp Institute had changed status from a private…
On Nov. 2, 2009, an international consortium lead by Larry Schook at the University of Illinois in Champaign…
On Nov. 14, 2007, the BP Energy Biosciences Institute was established with a $500 million ten year grant…
On Feb. 1, 2007, BP announced that it had selected the University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with…
In 2003, the Roskamp Institute, located in Sarasota, was founded by Robert Roskamp a philanthropist and Sarasota-based developer…
In February 2002, the doors opened to the John Stroger Hospital of Cook County, a new state-of-the-art, 464-bed,…
In 2001, the American Chemical Society (ACS) awarded the Priestley Medal to Fred Basolo “to recognize distinguished services…
On Oct. 13, 1998, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was divided equally between Walter Kohn “for his development…
On Feb. 10, 1998, the Cook County Board of Commissioners took the final steps in the approval process,…
In 1998, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Dale proclaimed November “National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month” in Chicago. The National Sarcoidosis…
In 1997, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University received its National Cance Institute ‘comprehensive’…
In 1993, Cook County Hospital’s HIV/AIDS clinic was re-named the Sable/Sherer Clinic. The clinic treated one-third of Cook…
In 1991, The Northwestern University Cancer Center was dedicated through an endowment gift from Ann and Robert H….
On Nov. 27, 1989, a surgical team at the University of Chicago Medical Center performed a live donor…
In 1983, the the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Robert S. Mulliken ‘for his numerous…
On Oct. 5, 1982, Johnson & Johnson, the parent company of McNeil, issued a nationwide recall of Tylenol…
On Sept. 29, 1982. the first of seven victims died after taking a capsule of Extra-Strength Tylenol. On…
On Apr. 10, 1980, the Alzheimer’s Association was established. In 1979, Jerome H. Stone and representatives from several…
In 1974, the Northwestern University Cancer Center was founded. Now known as the Lurie Cancer Center, it is…
In 1973, Dr. Boone Chunprapah at the Cook County Hospital I Chicago became the first doctor to successfully…
In 1973, UChicago established the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCCCC) following approval of the National Cancer…
In 1972, Cook County Hospital became the first hospital to use an all frozen blood banking system. This…