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Northwestern Now Search committee established to find the next Northwestern president Committee of 36 members, representing the University’s many stakeholder groups, will seek broad input from across the Northwestern community The Presidential Search Committee has been appointed to advise the Board of Trustees in selecting the University’s next president, Board Chair J. Landis Martin announced today. Last month, President Morton Schapiro announced that he will conclude his tenure on Aug. 31, 2022. Since he took office in September 2009 as the 16th president in Northwestern’s 170-year hi...

Ryan Specialty Group Expands Executive Team; Turner Becomes President February 26, 2021 Ryan Specialty Group has expanded and revised its executive leadership team. The changes become effective March 1, 2021. Timothy W. Turner will add the title and responsibilities of president of Ryan Specialty Group. Turner has been chairman and chief executive officer of Ryan Turner Specialty (RT Specialty) since its inception in 2010 and will retain these responsibilities going forward. Jeremiah R. Bickham will become chief financial officer of Ryan Specialty Group. Bi...

First Compound That Potentially Halts Degeneration of Neurons in ALS Identified Source: Vladyslav Bobuskyi/Getty Images February 25, 2021 Share ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. ALS, also known as Lou Gherig’s disease, destroys the nerve cells called motor neurons that control voluntary muscle movement.  In ALS, these cells die off, causing the muscle tissues to waste away. ALS affects as many as 30,000 in the United States, with 5,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Unfortunately, th...

ALS neuron damage reversed with new compound Northwestern University scientists have identified the first compound that eliminates the ongoing degeneration of upper motor neurons that become diseased and are a key contributor to ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a swift and fatal neurodegenerative disease that paralyzes its victims. In addition to ALS, upper motor neuron degeneration also results in other motor neuron diseases, such as hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) and primary lateral sclerosis (PLS). In ALS, movement-initiating nerve cells in the brain (upper motor neurons) and mu...

After 60 days of treatment, diseased brain cells look like healthy cells More research needed before clinical trial can be initiated CHICAGO and EVANSTON--- Northwestern University scientists have identified the first compound that eliminates the ongoing degeneration of upper motor neurons that become diseased and are a key contributor to ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a swift and fatal neurodegenerative disease that paralyzes its victims. In addition to ALS, upper motor neuron degeneration also results in other motor neuron diseases, such as hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) and ...