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Northwestern University is one of the country's leading private research and teaching universities. It has two campuses located on Lake Michigan: the 240-acre main campus in Evanston, about 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, and a 25-acre campus in Chicago. A third campus is located in Doha, Qatar. Northwestern has approximately 8,000 full-time undergraduate students, 8,000 graduate and professional program students and 2,000 part-time students. A member of the Big Ten conference, its athletic teams are called the Wildcats. Founded in 1851, Northwestern now has 12 schools and colleges: the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; the School of Communication; the School of...
Northwestern University is one of the country's leading private research and teaching universities. It has two campuses located on Lake Michigan: the 240-acre main campus in Evanston, about 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, and a 25-acre campus in Chicago. A third campus is located in Doha, Qatar. Northwestern has approximately 8,000 full-time undergraduate students, 8,000 graduate and professional program students and 2,000 part-time students. A member of the Big Ten conference, its athletic teams are called the Wildcats. Founded in 1851, Northwestern now has 12 schools and colleges: the Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; the School of Communication; the School of Continuing Studies; the School of Education and Social Policy; the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; the Graduate School; the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; the School of Law; the J. L. Kellogg School of Management; the Feinberg School of Medicine; the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music; and Northwestern University in Qatar.
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Rosenthal: During Chicago Blackhawks' run, everyone's a fan
You don't have to be weatherman to know that, when a local sports team gets hot, this city is warmed. Right now the Chicago Blackhawks are vying for a championship, but any Chicago contender will do. Team colors dot the city's skyline, schools and...
Tags: Jonathan Toews, Media Industry, Stanley Cup Playoffs, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Blackhawks
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Oak Park family raises money, awareness in autism fight
Jacob Yarrow, 13, attends Brooks Middle School, plays piano and clarinet, enjoys Wii with his younger brother, and always has been a "great walker." He also has autism. For Jacob's family — including his brother Caleb and parents Ginger and Philip...Tags: University of Chicago, Autism, Autism Speaks, Wii, Soldier Field
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Students take asthma awareness into their hands
On a hot summer day last year, Italia Falcon, now 13, started to panic because she couldn't breathe right. "I was sitting down on the couch and my chest tightened," Italia said. "I tried to call my mom, but she didn't hear anything." Thankfully, she...Tags: Students, Asthma, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Chemical Industry
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Mother finally feels free after charges dismissed in death of son
Even when she was released from prison, Nicole Harris wasn't free. Not until Monday, that is, when her lawyer sent a four-word text message that changed the course of her life: "All good. Charges dismissed." "I was ecstatic," said Harris, 31, who...
Tags: Judges, Murder, U.S. Supreme Court, Cook County Government, Criminal Laws
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Two good thrillers, one odd premise
Good thrillers begin at home, at least when it comes to Chicago crime writers. The spring list of new genre novels shows local writer Michael Harvey working at the top of his form, with "The Innocence Game." -------------------- This piece first...Tags: Students, Murder, Moscow (Russia), Fiction, Teaching and Learning
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Dr. John Beal Jr., 1915-2013
Dr. John Beal Jr. juggled teaching, research and a medical practice during nearly 20 years as chairman of the department of surgery at what was then Northwestern University Medical School. "He made a number of important contributions to surgical...
Tags: Medical Research, Pneumonia, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Cornell University
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Midwest pelted with rain, wind, hail, tornadoes
CHICAGO (AP) — A massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds rolled through the Midwest Wednesday evening driving people into basements for shelter, tearing down power lines and causing flooding in low-lying areas....
Tags: Tornadoes, Toronto Blue Jays, Air Transportation Delays, O'Hare International Airport, Metra
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Local Voices, Jun. 12
Parents of ill children This is in response to "Precious gift of a parking pass; Couple who lost son vow to help others with the cost of visiting gravely ill kids" (News, June 2), by Tribune reporter Jodi S. Cohen. It is incomprehensible to me that a...Tags: Jan Schakowsky, Chicago Restaurants, Students, University of Chicago, Chemical Industry
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Jeannette Walls' Visit Among R.J. Julia Events
The Hartford CourantJeannette Walls, the journalist whose 2009 memoir "The Glass Castle," about growing up poor with brilliant but neglectful parents, has been a New York Times bestseller for five years, has written her first novel, "The Silver Star" (Scribner, $26). It's...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Christianity, Poetry, Colleges and Universities, Customs and Tradition
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Dorothy Louise Conger, 1914-2013
For more than 70 years, Dorothy Louise Conger involved herself in a range of Chicago nonprofit organizations, sharing her great love of literature by reading to the blind and to rheumatic fever patients living in "iron lungs" at La Rabida Children's...
Tags: University of Chicago, Arthritis Foundation, Health and Safety at School, Literature, Colleges and Universities
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How I Made It: SpaceX exec Gwynne Shotwell
The gig: Gwynne Shotwell, 49, is president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, the Hawthorne company that builds rockets and space capsules to resupply the International Space Station for NASA. Shotwell is No. 2 at the pioneering company behind founder...
Tags: SpaceX, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Libertyville, Satellite Technology, Technology
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Nonprofit group gives startups a lift
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- The organization that manages Indiana's 21st Century Research and Technology Fund has a new pot of money available for budding companies, and it also has a new entrepreneur-in-residence working in the north-central part of the state....Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Stevensville, University of Notre Dame, Startups
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