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Blackface Controversy Spurs Northwestern University Forum

06 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST

Written 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...

Original story at Chicagoist .

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Detecting the undetectable in prostate cancer screening using nanotechnology

19 Oct 2009 14:29:48 PDT

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.

Original story at Nanotechwire.com .

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Northwestern, Evanston Public Library Collaborate on Exhibit of Imaginary Children's Books

06 Oct 2009 13:42:32 PDT

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...

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Campus watch: crime stats

29 Sep 2009 21:00:00 PDT

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.

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"Best of Bologna" Showcases Children's Illustrators

15 Jul 2009 09:50:52 PDT

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...

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Consultants: Visitors like downtown, hate parking

28 May 2009 02:16:23 PDT

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, ...

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Northwestern University news and blogs - November 09, 2009

09 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Northwestern University news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Study: Northwestern Best State Bang For Your Buck -- by Marcus Gilmer from Chicagoist
• Boosting Baird & Warner's luxury home sales -- from Crain's Chicago Business Weekly Edition
• Extra, Extra -- by Marcus Gilmer from Chicagoist
• 'Crying Indian' ad exec dies of heart failure -- from ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News
• Sizing Up The 2016 Candidates At A Glance: Chicago -- by Marcus Gilmer from Chicagoist
• Leopold & Loeb Collections Now Featured Online -- from In the Spotlight
• Exhibit Explores "The Rise and Demise of Album Art" -- from In the Spotlight
• Huron Consulting ready for boost in health -- from Crain's Chicago Business Weekly Edition
• OSA Trailer -- from Google Video - -site:youtube.com "Northwestern University" Evanston OR "Feinberg School of Medicine" OR Vukusic OR NUIT OR Triquarterly OR NU OR "Evanston College for Ladies" OR Ghiglione OR novellas OR parainfluenza OR Carmody OR purple OR "Northwest Territory" OR "Technological Institute" OR "Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art" OR Novella OR "NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship" OR "online directory entry northwestern university information" OR Medill OR Chicago OR Boll OR pp OR "eleven schools and colleges" OR "School of Continuing Studies" OR "Pace Suburban Bus Service" OR "Kellogg School of Management" OR "Evanston Central Street" OR "Evanston Davis Street" OR "Governor of Illinois" OR "Notes and references" OR "Chicago Transit Authority" OR "Gospel of John"
• Salt in chain restaurant meals increases risk of heart attacks ... -- from Seattle Post Intelligencer

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Community Calendar

28 May 2009 02:16:20 PDT

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, ...

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School Notes

30 Apr 2009 02:22:13 PDT

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 ...

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Evanston seeks home for new salt dome

28 Apr 2009 17:24:47 PDT

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 ...

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CITY DEVELOPMENT: Evanston OKs tax package to spur project

28 Apr 2009 13:20:55 PDT

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.

Original story at Pioneer Press Online .

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26 Hours of Music, 1 Good Cause

28 Apr 2009 12:20:00 PDT

Written 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...

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Opinion: Judy's Top Five

01 Apr 2009 17:44:16 PDT

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 ...

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Opinion: Evanston 56, New Trier 55

04 Mar 2009 20:44:32 PST

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 ...

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Opinion: Charges filed in fatal drinking game

25 Dec 2008 02:39:48 PST

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

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Obama in Africa: A Collection

18 Nov 2008 14:26:05 PST

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.

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Headed to Alburque, New Mexico for the American Studies Conference

13 Nov 2008 11:59:43 PST

Written by Frank Le�n(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...

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Opinion: Colleges and universities graded on fire safety

06 Nov 2008 12:53:00 PST

Written 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...

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Argonne and Three Area Universities Form Illinois Center for Advanced Tribology

31 Oct 2008 03:00:00 PDT

Written 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...

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America's Biggest Universities Build 78-Terabyte Library, Still Missing Front Door [Digital Libraries]

13 Oct 2008 19:30:00 PDT

Written 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

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Opinion: Updated 7/15: Evanston Trader Joe's talks under way

15 Jul 2008 09:40:53 PDT

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. ...

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Opinion: 'Elijah' in Evanston Saturday

05 Jun 2008 02:05:28 PDT

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 ...

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Opinion: Northwestern Journo Dean’s Use of ‘Unnamed Sources’ Questioned - Blogger News Network

27 Feb 2008 17:31:43 PST

- 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

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How To: Libraries, News: The Next Generation of OVID

22 Jan 2008 11:57:31 PST

Written 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. ...

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Podcast: New Exhibit Features the "Admirable Nucleus" at the Heart of Today's NU Library

01 May 2007 08:16:14 PDT

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...

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Northwestern will be playing for 'Walk' this season

30 Aug 2006 23:59:55 PDT

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...

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