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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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Nathan Rabin Nathan Rabin is the head writer for The A.V. Club. His books include “The Big Rewind” and “My Year of Flops.” He also collaborated on “Weird Al: The Book.” He has written for the Wall Street Journal,...Tags: PBS (tv network), Human Rights, The Second City, Lifestyle and Leisure, Artists
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826CHI 826CHI is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students. 826chi.org Tom Acitelli Tom Acitelli is author...Tags: Human Rights, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), The Second City, Bowling Green State University, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Susan Hahn Susan Hahn was editor of TriQuarterly for 14 years. She is author of a recent novel, “The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter”; nine books of poetry, including “Self/Pity” and “The Scarlet Ibis”; and...Tags: Primetime Emmy Awards, Tribune Company, The Second City, Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Media
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Faces of Fenger
![In September they were two teens heading into senior year. Vashion "B.J." Bullock and Montrell Truitt lived in the same neighborhood on the Far South Side, were classmates at Fenger High School and were being raised by the firm hands of protective mothers.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-06/54265306-12080957.jpg "In September they were two teens heading into senior year. Vashion "B.J.\" Bullock and Montrell Truitt lived in the same neighborhood on the Far South Side, were classmates at Fenger High School and were being raised by the firm hands of protective mothers.")
In September they were two teens heading into senior year. Vashion "B.J." Bullock and Montrell Truitt lived in the same neighborhood on the Far South Side, were classmates at Fenger High School and were being raised by the firm hands of protective...Tags: University of Illinois at Chicago, Northern Illinois University, Teaching and Learning, Religion and Belief, Derrion Albert
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Northwestern's use of Google apps discriminates against the blind, federal complaint says
Northwestern University is targeted in a federal complaint filed Tuesday that alleges blind students and faculty face discrimination by the university's use of Google e-mail and other programs.
The complaint, filed by the National Federation of the Blind...Tags: Education, Email, Teaching and Learning, Crime, Law and Justice, Technology
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Korn leaves Kansas State for Missouri State
KWCH 12 Eyewitness SportsKansas State head men's basketball coach Bruce Weber announced on Wednesday that Brad Korn is leaving the Wildcats program in order to take a job with the Missouri State Bears as an assistant coach. Here is the full press release from the university:...Tags: College Sports, Morehead State University, Basketball, NIT Season Tip-Off, Missouri Valley Conference
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After injury, brain can keep on healing
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords recently gave her first public interview since she was shot in the head almost a year ago. Her journey — from critically ill patient to someone whose personality was largely intact but still struggled with words...Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Research, Physical Conditions, Stroke, Medical Research
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Dr. Daniel Offer, 1929-2013
Psychiatrist Daniel Offer ignored conventional wisdom and prevailing theories in conducting research that provided new insights into adolescent development and how adults remember the past. "He always said, 'You've got to get the data,'" said his wife,...
Tags: Psychiatry, University of Virginia, Dialysis, Teaching and Learning, Medical Specialization
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Judicial hopefuls rely on political consultants
This story was reported in collaboration with Medill Watchdog, a project at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and WGN-TV, with producer Marsha Bartel and reporter Mark Suppelsa contributing. Medill Watchdog can be found at...
Tags: Primaries, Political Fundraising, Elections, Illinois Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice
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Program helps students raise ACT scores, stay in college
Thirty graduating seniors from low income families in the north suburbs will enter college this fall, thanks to College Bound Opportunities, which guides the students toward higher ACT scores. It also works with them during college to keep them from...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Lake Forest College, DePaul University
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Fewer than 5 CPS schools expected to be spared
Pressured for months by teachers, community leaders and aldermen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hand-picked school board is nonetheless expected on Wednesday to approve closing all but a few of the 53 elementary schools the administration wants to shut down....
Tags: Chicago Elections, Walter Burnett, Jr., Rahm Emanuel, Teaching and Learning, Howard Brookins
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Five books: local crime authors appearing at Lit Fest
In “The Devil's Dictionary,” Ambrose Bierce wrote, “There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Senate, Bellaire, Immigration, Literature
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