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    Sep 24, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Chicagoan raises tens of thousands for charities while biking or walking

    Desmond Campbell is a marathon man who has traveled miles and miles — many of them by foot, some of them by bike and quite a few of them while virtually standing still. During the course of his travels, he has helped people in extraordinary ways.
    Desmond Campbell is a marathon man who has traveled miles and miles — many of them by foot, some of them by bike and quite a few of them while virtually standing still. During the course of his travels, he has helped people in extraordinary ways....

    Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Arthritis Foundation, Leukemia, Social Issues, National Multiple Sclerosis Society

    2. May 18, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Multiple options for Chicago-area applicants

    Here is a look at major schools that offer Master of Business Administration programs in Chicago or the Chicago area.
    Here is a look at major schools that offer Master of Business Administration programs in Chicago or the Chicago area. Many schools give students a choice of part-time (including evening and weekend options), flexible, full-time, accelerated, dual-degree,...

    Tags: Marketing, W.W. Grainger, Inc., Corporate Officers, Companies and Corporations, Education

    3. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  3. Famed movie critic Roger Ebert dies

    CHICAGO (AP) — Roger Ebert, the most famous and most popular film reviewer of his time who became the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation's most influential thumb, died Thursday. He was 70.
    CHICAGO (AP) — Roger Ebert, the most famous and most popular film reviewer of his time who became the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation's most influential thumb, died...

    Tags: Social Media, Alfred Hitchcock, Ebertfest, Fiction, Pulitzer Prize Awards

    4. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Northwestern students design penguin bootie

    The Shedd Aquarium had a problem: From time to time, its penguins did not have happy feet.
    The Shedd Aquarium had a problem: From time to time, its penguins did not have happy feet. The birds, particularly the older ones, developed bumblefoot — uncomfortable lesions that can be caused by standing too long on a rough surface. The Shedd...

    Tags: Procedural Sedation, Northwestern University, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Shedd Aquarium

    5. Mar 6, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  5. Sled hockey Blackhawks are in their own Cup

    If a player tries bringing two sticks on the ice in traditional hockey, chances are he's going to get penalized.
    RedEye
    If a player tries bringing two sticks on the ice in traditional hockey, chances are he's going to get penalized. In sled hockey, that's not only encouraged, but those are the rules. "You are supposed to be ambidextrous," Erica Mitchell said. "Most...

    Tags: Sledge Hockey, United Center, Ice Hockey, National Hockey League, Sports

    6. Aug 8, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Stand-up advice

    • Change positions every 20 or 30 minutes. Even if you don't want to get a standing desk, simply standing up can help. Sitting increases the pressure on the disks in your back, said Dr. Joel Press, medical director of the Spine and Sports...

    Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Therapists, University of Chicago

    7. Jan 6, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Love Notes: Score one for the home team

    Holly Marie DeMark was experiencing Post-Breakup Syndrome. Though not recognized by the medical profession, PBS is as painfully real as a broken heart.
    Holly Marie DeMark was experiencing Post-Breakup Syndrome. Though not recognized by the medical profession, PBS is as painfully real as a broken heart. "I was still licking my wounds," Holly recalled, "and wanted a little distance." In May 2005,...

    Tags: Chicago Cubs, Baseball, Condos and Houses, Sports, Holidays

    8. Dec 15, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Hopkins research offers Pa. woman new arm, 14 years after amputation

    Over the 14 years since losing her right arm to a hollow-point bullet, Dana Burke was convinced she could feel herself pointing, pinching or waving as she motioned with the 5-inch-long limb the attack left behind.
    Over the 14 years since losing her right arm to a hollow-point bullet, Dana Burke was convinced she could feel herself pointing, pinching or waving as she motioned with the 5-inch-long limb the attack left behind. Still, she had to relearn how to pull...

    Tags: Medical Research, CBS Corp., DARPA, Applied Physics, Injuries and Wounds

    9. Dec 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Mark Kirk to return to Senate on Jan. 3

    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark Steven Kirk, the Illinois Republican who suffered a stroke in January, plans to return to the Senate floor Jan. 3, the first day of the new Congress, Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.) said Thursday.
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mark Steven Kirk, the Illinois Republican who suffered a stroke in January, plans to return to the Senate floor Jan. 3, the first day of the new Congress, Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.) said Thursday. A Senate official, who...

    Tags: Politics, Willis Tower, Randy Hultgren, Mark Kirk, Stroke

    10. Nov 5, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  10. Amputee Uses Bionic Leg to Climb 103 Stories

    CHICAGO -- When Zac Vawter put his mind to climbing the 103 floors of Chicago's iconic Willis Tower, his legs did the rest.
    CNN
    CHICAGO -- When Zac Vawter put his mind to climbing the 103 floors of Chicago's iconic Willis Tower, his legs did the rest. Even the one that isn't human. The Seattle resident scaled the skyscraper's stairway heights on Sunday thanks to what the...

    Tags: Willis Tower, Weight, Mark Kirk, Medical Procedures and Tests, Track and Field

    11. Nov 5, 2012 |Story| WGNTV-LTV

  11. Sen Kirk participates in Willis Tower stair climb

    Sen. Mark Kirk climbed more than three dozen flights of stairs in Willis Tower during a charity event Sunday, but his staff declined to say when the senator will return to Congress following a major stroke.
    Sen. Mark Kirk climbed more than three dozen flights of stairs in Willis Tower during a charity event Sunday, but his staff declined to say when the senator will return to Congress following a major stroke. Kirk’s climb, his first public appearance...

    Tags: Robert Dold, Politics, Willis Tower, Health and Medical Professionals, Mark Kirk

    12. Nov 2, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Nerve-connected bionic leg helps climb toward medical history

    Zac Vawter, a 31-year-old amputee, aims to make medical history Sunday when he attempts to climb 103 stories to the top of the Willis Tower with his state-of-the-art bionic leg.
    Tribune reporter
    Zac Vawter, a 31-year-old amputee, aims to make medical history Sunday when he attempts to climb 103 stories to the top of the Willis Tower with his state-of-the-art bionic leg. Researchers at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago equipped Vawter...

    Tags: Willis Tower, U.S. Department of Defense, Medical Procedures and Tests, Amputation, Injuries and Wounds

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