Amgen, Akcea Therapeutics and the Lipoprotein(a) Foundation give support for forthcoming Lipoprotein Exhibit at the Museum

Amgen, Akcea Therapeutics and The Lipoprotein(a) Foundation give support for forthcoming Lipoprotein Exhibit at the Museum. Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing … Continue reading Amgen, Akcea Therapeutics and the Lipoprotein(a) Foundation give support for forthcoming Lipoprotein Exhibit at the Museum

Gilead Sciences pledges support of HIV/AIDS Advocacy Programming at the Museum

This is Gilead’s second major gift to the Museum this year. Gilead has supported previous HIV/AIDS advocacy related programming, including The Screening Room, and Then and Now: 35 Years of HIV/AIDS, and was the first sponsor to pledge support for the Museum’s forthcoming Gender Transition exhibit.  Continue reading Gilead Sciences pledges support of HIV/AIDS Advocacy Programming at the Museum

Terri Kapsalis announced as Fall 2017 Artist in Residence

Kapsalis is the author of Jane Addams’ Travel Medicine Kit (Hull-House Museum), The Hysterical Alphabet (WhiteWalls) and Public Privates: Performing Gynecology from Both Ends of the Speculum (Duke University Press). Along with John Corbett and Anthony Elms, she co-edited Traveling the Spaceways: Sun Ra, the Astro Black, and Other Solar Myths (WhiteWalls) and Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn, and Chicago’s Afro-futurist Underground (WhiteWalls) and co-curated the touring exhibition Pathways to Unknown Worlds. Continue reading Terri Kapsalis announced as Fall 2017 Artist in Residence

Rotary International Continues their Support of “A World Without Polio,” through 2017

Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. It is a non-political and non-sectarian organization open to all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, or political preference. Continue reading Rotary International Continues their Support of “A World Without Polio,” through 2017