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Huron Consulting ready for boost in health
Original at Crain's Chicago Business Weekly Edition
• Sat, Jun 20
SPOTLIGHT: DAVID M. SHADE Job: President and chief operating officer, Huron Consulting Group Inc., a Chicago-based consultancy, since May 21. Vitals: 65 years old; bachelor's degree in accounting, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1966; MBA, Northwestern University, 1967; U.S. Army, in...
OSA Trailer
Original at blog.oncofertility.northwestern.edu
• Thu, Jun 4
July 23rd at 7:00 pm at the McCormick Tribune Center Forum, Northwestern University , Evanston Campus is the world premiere of the Oncofertility ... blog.oncofertility.northwestern.edu
Set an example — and forget kids' menus
Original at San Antonio Express
• Thu, May 28
TX The restaurant industry should not add to these problems by raising kids' blood pressure as well," according to Dr. Stephen Havas, an adjunct professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a former vice ...
Judy's top five: Girl Scout tips and other advice
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Thu, May 28
IL at 4 pm June 4 at the McCormick Tribune Center, 1870 Campus Drive on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The lecture is free and open to the public. Well, since they are eight hours ahead of us, right now it would be 4 am over there. ...
Nigeria: Ekpo Appointed Waifem DG
Original at AllAfrica.com
• Thu, May 28
Washington He is also a holder of a Diploma (AFA) from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois and had attended the University of Pittsburgh, USA between 1980-1983 where he obtained MA and PH.D Degrees in Economics. He specializes in macroeconomics, ...
lawkos: Diversity of Legal Education and the Supreme Court
Original at Daily Kos
• Thu, May 28
CA Law School: Northwestern University Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1947; Co-editor Illinois Law Review; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Conception Seminary, 1967-1968: Holy Cross College, AB cum laude. Alpha Sigma Nu, Purple Key. Yale Law School, JD, ...
Consultants: Visitors like downtown, hate parking
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Thu, May 28
IL •Downtown users appreciate the arts and see Northwestern University as a place that supports culture. The consultants are distilling the comments down to develop a profile of the area. They have already proposed a tag line for downtown, ...
Community Calendar
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Thu, May 28
IL A ReelTime film, "Green Towns USA: A New Deal" (2009, 58 minutes) will be screened at 7:30 pm Wednesday at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, 50 Arts Circle Drive on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. A movie for teenagers, ...
Film mines memories of a fading generation
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Thu, May 21
IL Northwestern University students and a few professors stood outside in wintry weather for 22 hours to ensure that Jourdain's name would appear first on the ballot. Jourdain himself credited his landslide election - not to his own gifts or the celebs ...
Kits rise to occasion in league meet
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Wed, May 20
IL Coach Paul Torricelli (former Northwestern University head coach) gives them a lot of high-level feedback, and they know what they should do after listening to him. They just have to go out and execute. "This is Paul's first year on our staff and he's ...
Coyote Football Team to Face Northwestern University in 2012
Original at University of South Dakota Coyotes
• Mon, May 18
the athletic director at The University of South Dakota, has announced that the Coyote football team will play at Northwestern University of the Big Ten in 2012. The game will be held at Northwestern's Ryan Field (capacity 47130) in Evanston, Ill., ...
People & promotions
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Mon, May 11
People & promotions IL He is a professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University Medical School, Feinberg School of Medicine and past chairman of the division of OB/GYN at the National Center for Advanced Medical Education. ...
Community Calendar
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Thu, May 7
IL Northwestern University presents the inaugural Brady Lecture Series titled "Community Faith and Enlightenment: What We Can Learn from Kant" at the McCormick Tribune Center, 1870 Campus Drive." The first lecture, "Kant's Enlightenment, is at 7 pm May 11 ...
Chicagoan Headed for Obama's High Court?
Original at Chicagoist
• Sat, May 2
By Kalyn Belsha Commentators say appellate court judge and law professor at the University of Chicago Diane Wood and U.S. Court district judge and professor at Northwestern University Ruben Castillo have the best odds of the Chicagoans in the running.
Northwestern University Holds a Book Sale
Original at Chicagoist
• Thu, Apr 30
By Melissa Feldsher If you happened to miss last night’s Chicago Reader Book Swap, fret not, because Northwestern University is holding a book sale which began yesterday but continues tomorrow and Monday. Northwestern has done some serious spring cleaning—this year’s sale features over 8,000 items. Beyo...
School Notes
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Thu, Apr 30
IL Four ETHS seniors were honored on April 23 at the annual Outstanding Volunteer Recognition event -- co-sponsored by ETHS, the city of Evanston, the Evanston Community Foundation and Northwestern University -- to honor the contributions these volunteers ...
Evanston seeks home for new salt dome
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Tue, Apr 28
IL Alderman Delores Holmes, 5th, asked staff what steps they had taken to discuss with Northwestern University officials the possibility of expanding the city facility, which abuts property owned by the university. A modified site would require a use ...
CITY DEVELOPMENT: Evanston OKs tax package to spur project
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Tue, Apr 28
IL Carroll Properties is proposing to demolish an office building on the property that was built in 1989 as part of the Northwestern University-Evanston Research Park and has been vacant for more than two years.
26 Hours of Music, 1 Good Cause
Original at Chicagoist
• Tue, Apr 28
By Alexander Hough 5 will get you into the opening block starting at 8:00 p.m., which features performances by the Gentlemen of NUCO, a string and percussion group that plays Radiohead songs; the talented and adventurous new music group dal niente; and the Northwestern Saxophone Choir.$5 will also get you in...
Opinion: Judy's Top Five
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Wed, Apr 1
IL Northwestern University presents flutist Eugenia Zuckerman and piano, organ and fortepiano performer Anthony Newman in "Pieces for a Musical Clock" at 7:30 pm April 3 at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 60 Arts circle Drive on the Evanston campus of the ...
Do This: North Pond's Recovery Package
Original at Chicagoist
• Fri, Mar 13
By Anthony Todd North Pond Restaurant will be hosting a dinner and discussion about the current economic situation on Wednesday, March 18th. While we can see the irony in spending money on nice food during a recession, the price is reasonable, the menu looks great and you might just learn something. The me...
Opinion: Evanston 56, New Trier 55
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Wed, Mar 4
IL It marked Evanston's third win in four meetings this year with New Trier. The two rivals have played their regular season home-and-home series at Northwestern University for the past seven years. Evanston (15-12) advanced to Friday night's championship ...
Big Name Jazz at a Bargain Basement PriceOriginal at Chicagoist
• Wed, Mar 4
By Tankboy The all-star septet SFJAZZ Collective will play a show a week from today at Northwestern University for a mere $16. Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, March 11 at 7:30 p.m., $16, $12 seniors and NU faculty/staff, $8 students
Pencil This In
Original at Chicagoist
• Tue, Jan 13
By Lauri Apple The Block Museum of Art hosts an opening today of 90 Polaroids taken by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe between 1970 and 1975. Through April 5. Open until 5 p.m. today. Northwestern University. 40 Arts Circle Dr., Evanston. Photo: Robert Mapplethorpe, Untitled (self-portrait), 1970/73, Po...
Opinion: Updated 1/8: Judy'S Evanston Top Five
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Thu, Jan 8
IL - Jan 8, 2009 Johannes Brahms and others at 7:30 pm Friday at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. ...
Opinion: Charges filed in fatal drinking game
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Thu, Dec 25
IL - A joint investigation led by Evanston police, in conjunction with Northwestern University police and the Cook County State Attorney's Office determined that ...
Northwestern Names New President
Original at Chicagoist
• Tue, Dec 16
By Marcus Gilmer Northwestern University has announced Morton Owen Schapiro will become the school's 16th president on September 1, 2009. Board of Trustees Chairman Patrick Ryan said in a statement, "We are delighted that President Schapiro has accepted our offer to become Northwestern's next presi...
Nigeria Exhibit Marks World AIDS Day
Original at library.northwestern.edu
• Mon, Dec 1
Northwestern University Library marks World AIDS Day on Monday, December 1 with the opening of a new exhibit: "It's No Longer News to Us: HIV/AIDS Educational Materials from Nigeria." The exhibit showcases diverse media currently being used in Nigeria to...
Opinion: Community Calendar
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Thu, Nov 20
IL - Meet at 8 am at the Northwestern University Beach -- go east on Lincoln Street from Sheridan Road, turn south past the Fitness Center, then turn east (left) ... Judy's top five Evanston Review all 4 news articles
Obama in Africa: A Collection
Original at library.northwestern.edu
• Tue, Nov 18
Librarians at the world-renowned Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University have begun a collection called “Africa’s Response to Barack Obama.” It is the first such collection spurred by the election of a United States president.
Headed to Alburque, New Mexico for the American Studies Conference
Original at canwebefrank.com
• Thu, Nov 13
By Frank León(noreply@blogger.com) I’ll be presenting a paper in a panel moderated by Northwestern University’s E. Patrick Johnson. I’ll be joined by three fantastic colleagues: Marlon M. Bailey of Indiana University-Bloomington (a graduate of UC Berkeley’s African Diaspora Studies Program), Jeffrey Q. McCune of the Uni...
Opinion: Colleges and universities graded on fire safety
Original at Consumer Reports
• Thu, Nov 6
By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) The Princeton Review's ratings of colleges and universities on fire prevention and preparedness gives new meaning to the term "safe" school. The rating measures how well prepared a school is to prevent or respond to campus fires, specifically in residence halls, according to the Prin...
Argonne and Three Area Universities Form Illinois Center for Advanced Tribology
Original at Green Car Congress
• Fri, Oct 31
By Mike Millikin The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has teamed with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Northwestern University to form the Illinois Center for Advanced Tribology (ICAT), which will dev...
Open positions
Original at Crooked Timber
• Sun, Oct 19
By Eszter Hargittai Northwestern University Northwestern University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the United States.
Bert Phillips, founder of Luzerne Music Center, dies
Original at Albany Times Union
• Thu, Oct 16
Phillips received bachelor's and master's degrees in music and performance from Northwestern University and briefly held faculty positions at University of Northern Iowa and Kent State University of Ohio. He joined the Cleveland Orchestra for one season before being offered a spot o...
America's Biggest Universities Build 78-Terabyte Library, Still Missing Front Door [Digital Libraries]
Original at Gizmodo
• Mon, Oct 13
By Wilson Rothman Northwestern University The Ohio State University Penn State University Purdue University University of California Davis University of California Irvine University of California Merced The University of Chicago University of Illinois University of Illinois at Chicago
Midday open thread
Original at Daily Kos
• Mon, Oct 13
By kos Among the other board members who served with Obama were: Stanley Ikenberry, former president of the University of Illinois; Arnold Weber, former president of Northwestern University and assistant secretary of labor in the Nixon administration; Scott Smith, then publisher of the C...
4D-ELF...Coming To A Colonoscope Near You
Original at Medgadget.com
• Wed, Oct 1
By Stephen A fiber optic probe used during colonoscopy maps the microvascular circulation of the mucosal lining by detecting oxygenated (Ohb) and deoxygenated (Dhb) hemoglobin(Hb) via 4D-ELF, which stands for Four Dimensional Elastic Light Scattering Fingerprinting (but you probably gues...
Bank Bailout: Scholars' Views Fuel Republican Revolt
Original at Chronicle of Higher Education
• Fri, Sep 26
By David Glenn The petition, which was drafted by five scholars at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, asks Congress “not to rush, to hold appropriate hearings, and to carefully consider the right course of action, and to wisely determine the future of the financial industry and t...
New Light Sensor Mimicks Eye for Superior Camera Performance
Original at Medgadget.com
• Wed, Aug 6
One of the disadvantages of modern photo cameras is the flat image sensor that converts light into electric signals. Because of its shape, optics must make up for various aberrations that come to light (excuse the pun). Now scientists at Northwestern University and University of Illinoi...
Opinion: Updated 7/15: Evanston Trader Joe's talks under way
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Tue, Jul 15
IL - not far from where a Dominick's operated until the early 1980s, when it was closed to make room for the Northwestern University Evanston Research Park. ...
Opinion: 'Elijah' in Evanston Saturday
Original at Pioneer Press Online
• Thu, Jun 5
IL - The baritone teaches in the opera program at Northwestern University, where he earned his doctor's degree in music, and this spring he directed a student ...
Opinion: Northwestern Journo Dean’s Use of ‘Unnamed Sources’ Questioned - Blogger News Network
Original at Blogger News Network
• Wed, Feb 27
- The dean of journalism at Northwestern University seems to have gotten himself in a bit of a sticky wicket, as it were. Apparently, John Lavine, the dean of ... Quote controversy at Northwestern: Further review places greater ... Change of Subject - Chicago Tribune Blog
How To: Libraries, News: The Next Generation of OVID
Original at creakysites (WordPress)
• Tue, Jan 22
By creaky15 Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University - OVID SP Quick Tip Sheet. From the librarians at Cushing-Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, an excellent online tutorial for using OVID SP. ...
Podcast: New Exhibit Features the "Admirable Nucleus" at the Heart of Today's NU Library
Original at library.northwestern.edu
• Tue, May 1
Garrett is co-curator, with McCormick Library of Special Collections curator Russell Maylone, of a new University Library exhibit called “An Admirable Nucleus: The Prussian Purchase at the Heart of Today’s Northwestern University Library.” Free and open to the public during regula...
Library Now Offers Web Access to Rare African Map Collection
Original at library.northwestern.edu
• Mon, Jan 8
Since its inception in 1954, the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University—the largest separate collection of Africana in existence—has been building its collection of antique African maps dating back as far as 1530. Now the Northwestern Universit...
Northwesterns weakness plays to UWs strength
Original at Appleton Post Crescent
• Fri, Oct 6
During his weekly news conference on Monday, Northwestern University first-year football coach Pat Fitzgerald opted for boldness over subtlety in describing the expectations he has for his ailing offense. Im looking forward to sitting up here next week and talking about our offensiv...
Northwestern will be playing for 'Walk' this season
Original at USA Today
• Wed, Aug 30
EVANSTON, Ill. - In his seven years as head football coach at Northwestern University, Randy Walker repeatedly preached one of his favorite mantras: Respond.Respond to adversity, respond to pressure. Two months and two days after their coach's death from a heart attack, the Wildcats Thu...
A coach's widow embraces life, love for the game
Original at USA Today
• Wed, Aug 30
Tammy Walker was at home in Wilmette, Ill., just four blocks from the Northwestern University football stadium, when her son Jamie came in the back door one evening last week. Jamie, who works for the Wildcat football team, had called three times that day to make sure his mother was going to b...
Evanston, NU rank 5th in study on home costs
Original at Daily Northwestern
• Thu, Jan 5
By by Diana Xin Weinberg sophomore Sarah Whitney is on a hunt. Whitney wants to live in a house with her friends next year, but she knows off-campus living could come at a high price. The Evanston area and Northwestern University ranked fifth out of 59 ...