History

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People taking photo At the Dedication Ceremony of the Univerity of Arizona Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute

Photo by Mia Schnaible © 2006 At the Dedication Ceremony of the Univerity of Arizona Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute (left to right): John G. Clarkson, M.D.; J. Lee Dockery, M.D.; Institute Director Carol Barnes, Ph.D.; Nina Ellenbogan Raim, M.D., J.D.; Mr. Hank Raattama, Jr., J.D.; and Michael L. Dockery, M.D.

Photo by Mia Schnaible © 2006

The University of Arizona Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute was established in November 2006 as a unit of the Arizona Research Laboratories (ARL). A Dedication Ceremony was held on December 11, 2006. The University of Arizona is one of only four universities in the country to host an Institute or Center supported by the McKnight Brain Research Foundation, joining the Universities of Florida, Alabama and Miami.