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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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Performing arts list
THis list is not all-inclusive. Acting troops/Theaters CenterStage This nonprofit community theater organization spotlights the skills of local volunteers and crew. CenterStage does three shows per season and also has acting classes. The theater's...
Tags: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lake Forest, Evanston, Theater, Arts
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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: Basketball, Missouri Valley Conference, Morehead State University, Kansas State Wildcats, NIT Season Tip-Off
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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: Israel, Medical Research, Psychiatry, Berlin (Germany), Teaching and Learning
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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: Justice System, Gang Activity, Voting, 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, School Examinations, Lake Forest College, DePaul University, Elmhurst College
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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: Justice System, Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, Teaching and Learning, Local Government
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Dodgers owner tells Northwestern graduates to test arguments
As a 1985 Northwestern University law school graduate, Mark Walter said he learned to test arguments. So in a convocation address Friday to its 2013 class, Walter told newly minted graduates how he put those skills to good use when he was approached...
Tags: Dodger Stadium
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Worker in fatal construction site accident identified
Chicago TribuneA man working at a construction site on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston who died after he was struck by a beam that fell from six stories up this morning has been identified. The beam was knocked loose by a construction crane and struck...Tags: Evanston, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School, Labor Legislation, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Delaware student wins $61,000 writing prize
Congratulations to Tim Marcin, winner of Washington College's Sophie Kerr Prize, worth $61,192 this year. The 22-year-old from Wilmington, Del., who is headed to Northwestern University, plans to pursue a sports writing career. That's a worthy goal --...
Tags: Chestertown, Colleges and Universities, Washington College (Maryland), Entertainment Events, College Baseball
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Winner of $61k Kerr literary prize announced
As the five young writers sat with bated breath, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda told them that a life of wordsmithing would bring them pain. One of them would soon win the nation's most lucrative literary award, the...
Tags: Chestertown, Middletown, Kent County, Awards and Prizes, Perry Hall
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Swearing off letting kids curse
Jiminy Cricket! The notion of allowing your children to use swear words — in certain controlled settings, when they are old enough — provokes heated response. I know, because I suggested that very notion in this column a few weeks ago and...
Tags: Slang, Religious Texts, F-bomb Dropping, Entertainment Events, Bible
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Northwestern University invests in early-stage cancer clinical trials
Northwestern University is investing $10 million in an initiative that aims to enroll more patients with advanced and hard-to-treat cancers in early-stage clinical trials. The university, which plans to announce the new institute this week, said it...
Tags: Research, Medical Research, Colon Cancer, Trials, Science
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