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Touring Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center

Mayor Emanuel, Morton Schapiro and Eric Neilson

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, with Northwestern President Morton Schapiro (left), and Eric G. Neilson (right), Vice President for Medical Affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, toured progress on the Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center in December. The 14-story building, set to open in spring, adds 600,000 square feet of space to the Chicago campus and is expected to generate $1.5 billion in medical research funding over the next 10 years.