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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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Cardinal Dolan describes the secret of Notre Dame
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said he found the secret to the University of Notre Dame during a nighttime visit to the campus Grotto. During the 2013 commencement speech Sunday in Notre Dame Stadium, Dolan recalled...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Graduation, University of Notre Dame, Entertainment Events, Human Rights
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IUSB employees urge purchase of former natatorium
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Some Indiana University South Bend employees are urging Chancellor Una Mae Reck to seek the purchase of the city's former natatorium, which houses IUSB's Civil Rights Heritage Center. The university currently leases the historic building at...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Heritage Foundation, University of Notre Dame, Career and Workplace, Employees
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FACT FINDER: Peanut allergies
WSBT-TV ReporterBut for others, especially kids, it's a matter of life or death. And one of the most dangerous is peanut allergies. Our Fact Finder team found the number of children who have peanut allergies is rising at a dramatic rate. Between 1997 and 2008, the...Tags: Peanuts, Allergies, Health, Health and Safety at School, Peanut Allergy
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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: Missouri State Bears, Missouri State University, NIT Season Tip-Off, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports
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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,...
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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: Primaries, Cook County Government, Illinois Supreme Court, Voting, Gang Activity
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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, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Students, School Examinations
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Falling in love? Get it in writing
David and Kimberley Rudd got to know each other as journalism students at Northwestern University in the fall of 1984. And it was a strictly platonic relationship. "We were two of about 13 African-American freshman journalism students at...
Tags: Journalism, Students, Near South Side, Education, Teaching and Learning
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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: Chicago Elections, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Health and Safety at School, Humboldt Park
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More poor live in suburbs than urban areas, research shows
Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis. As poverty mounted throughout the nation over the past decade, the number of poor people living in...
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Dan Persa still wants to stay connected to football
Dan Persa was back on a football field in Bethlehem on Saturday afternoon and looked right at home. Persa, the former Liberty High and Northwestern University quarterback, is likely done as a player, but that doesn't mean he doesn't still love the...
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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...
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