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By Jake Guidry Northwestern, in turn, hosted a forum last night for students and faculty about the photos and race relations as a whole. Hundreds showed up to the forum held in Evanston, which lasted a few hours. While most who attended found the forum productive, they felt the people that really need the e...

By Marcus Gilmer A recent study released by Kiplinger lists Northwestern University as the top Illinois school in its recent Top 100 private school rankings (top 50 private universities and top 50 liberal arts schools). NU (tuition: $51,850/year) came in at Number 15 overall, just ahead of Notre Dame (t...

By Marcus Gilmer Photo by rolandin A judge ruled today that Blago can appear on the reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice though are still concerns about how is appearance could affect his upcoming trial.The mother of James Degorski, recently convicted for the 1993 Brown's Chicken murders, testified on...

A team of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely sensitive tool based on nanotechnology, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients who have undergone radical prostatectomy.

Crain’s) — Richard Christian, a former advertising executive who helped create the “Crying Indian,” died Saturday. Mr. Christian, 84, died of congestive heart failure in his Evanston home, according to a Chicago Tribune report. He was a Northwestern University graduate who went on ...

October 7, 2009--Northwestern University Library and Evanston Public Library have teamed up to bring a unique exhibit of original children’s book art to the Chicago area. “An Imaginary Library: Children's Books That Don't Exist (Yet)” brings together 75 original...

Thirty-eight total alcohol arrests were made in Evanston last year, up from 20 in 2007. The overall increase was caused by a jump in the number of arrests made on public property such as sidewalks, said Dan McAleer, University Police deputy chief.

At a new Northwestern University Library exhibit, works by 23 talented children's illustrators from around the globe confirm the fact that kids' books aren't just for kids. "Best of Bologna: Edgiest Artists of the 2008 International Children's Book Fair" presents...

 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, ...

 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, ...

 IL The Northwestern University Naval ROTC made up the color guard. Greg Lisinski, senior vice commander, 7th District Department of Illinois American Legion, served as master of ceremonies. Veterans from past wars and conflicts dating back to World War II ...

 IL The Kartemquin Films production brings the medical promise and ethical debate of what can be a mind-numbing subject into sharp focus through the story of Dr. Jack Kessler, chair of the department of neurology at Northwestern University. ...

 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 ...

 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 ...

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. ...

 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 ...

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.

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...

 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 ...

 IL My husband (a Northwestern University assistant football coach) is involved in Division I athletics and he can't believe what they did to her. He said when we (the university) make a commitment to a kid, then even if it turns out to be a mistake, ...

 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 ...

 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.

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...

 IL WRESTLING -- Marty Gould, a 2005 Niles West graduate from Lincolnwood, was presented with a four-year varsity letter Saturday at the Northwestern University wrestling banquet. He was named Academic All-Big Ten for the fourth consecutive year. ...

 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 ...

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...

 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 ...

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...

 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. ...

 IL - A joint investigation led by Evanston police, in conjunction with Northwestern University police and the Cook County State Attorney's Office determined that ...

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...

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...

 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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

 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. ...

 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 ...

 - 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

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...