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Winner of $61k Kerr literary prize announced
As the five young writers sat with bated breath, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda told them that a life of wordsmithing would bring them pain. One of them would soon win the nation's most lucrative literary award, the...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Entertainment Events, The Washington Post, Kent County, Washington College (Maryland)
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Young Chicago poet Malcolm London speaks up for education on TED show
On Tuesday night, if you tune into PBS' one-hour special "TED Talks Education," you'll see host John Legend and an array of prominent speakers, including Bill Gates, giving impassioned talks about ways to reinvent education. You'll also see Chicago's...
Tags: Human Interest, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Poetry, Colleges and Universities, HIV
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Chicago bike accident highlights the oft-brutal laws of physics, biology
Any attempt to make bicycling in Chicago easier and safer by using the law is welcome. That includes Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposals last week to amend the city's bike ordinance to give cyclists more freedom to maneuver but also increase penalties on...
Tags: Biology, University of Chicago, Cycling, Health and Safety at School, Chicago Mayor
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Top students in the Class of 2013
South Bend TribunePenn High School Valedictorians Maaz Arif, the son of Shazia and Abuzafar Arif, participated in Spell Bowl, track and field, Key Club, student council and was an executive freshman mentor. He plans to attend Loyola University. Stephanie Batalis, the...Tags: Biology, Football, Schools, Duke University, Students
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Mary Novotny Jeffries advocates for amputees
Mary Novotny Jeffries was 11 when she lost her right leg, from the hip down, to bone cancer. When she returned to the home she shared with her parents and eight siblings on Chicago's South Side, everything — and nothing — had changed. "I...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Haiti Earthquake (2010), University of Illinois at Chicago, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Orthopedic Surgery
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Inside the actors' studio, with Zach Braff
Zach Braff (Northwestern University, class of '97), the third most popular Zach in Hollywood (after Galifianakis and Efron), went back to his old school last week. He'd returned to teach an acting class, a one-time workshop. The day before, he tweeted:...
Tags: Rentals, Politics, American Medical Association, Apple iTunes, Students
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Oak Park student-actor wins musical theater award
When Oak Park and River Forest High School senior John Clay III goes to New York in late June as the male winner of the Illinois High School Musical Theater Award, he will have at least one friendly face to cheer him on. His girlfriend, Taylor Marie...
Tags: Water Tower Place, Entertainment Events, Schools, Music Theater, Oak Park
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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: NIT Season Tip-Off, College Basketball, Basketball, Missouri State Bears, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Hearing officers oppose 13 of closings planned by CPS
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s push to shut 53 city elementary schools ran into an unexpected buzz saw of criticism Tuesday from hearing officers hired to vet the process, with several raising doubts about the wisdom of the proposals and recommending...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Students
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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,...
Tags: University of Chicago, Dialysis, Israel, Health and Medical Professionals, Psychiatry
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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: Politics, Political Fundraising, Cook County Government, Gang Activity, Voting
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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), DePaul University, Elmhurst College, School Examinations
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