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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, Orthopedic Surgery, Education, Haiti Earthquake (2010)
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After scandal, U. of I.'s former chancellor isn't teaching but still makes $212,000
Richard Herman doesn't have to do much teaching as part of his $212,000 faculty job at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. When he resigned as chancellor after a high-profile admissions scandal, he made a deal to teach just two classes a...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Science and Technology, Teachers, Education
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Strict school lunch standards tied to healthy weight
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Strict school lunch standards that are similar to new regulations from the U.S. government may be tied to healthier body weights among students, according to a new study. "I think it's evidence that healthier school lunches...Tags: Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Medical Research, Personal Income, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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UIC dragon-boating team looking for paddlers
For RedEyeWhat do you get when you cross a dragon with a boat? Depending on your imagination, you could get a lot of things. But the first thing you’d get, “dragon boating,” is more than just a badass-sounding compound word. It’s a 1,000-...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois), Boats
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The big schools
Here's a look at major schools that offer Master of Business Administration programs in the Chicago area. Many schools give students a choice of part-time (including evening and weekend options), flexible, full-time, accelerated, dual-degree,...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Education, Northern Illinois University
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Taking the less-known route
If you can't get in — or can't afford — a top business school, is an MBA from a lesser-known school worth it? The answer depends largely on the student. Those gunning for the top of the organizational chart, and without the networking...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Finance, DePaul University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Michigan Avenue
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Focus on the Arts
If it wasn't for Focus on the Arts, Natalie Sereda may not have fallen in love. On a whim, and out of the dozens of demonstrations, forums and performances that are offered as part of Highland Park High School's signature semi-annual artistic festival,...
Tags: Schools, High Schools, AIDS, Education, Entertainment
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Dominican graduation to be at UIC
For the first time, Dominican University students will enjoy the pomp and circumstance of their graduation day away from the River Forest campus, and all the families in the audience will be able to cheer from the same room. "For years we've just been...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Graduation, Dominican University, Education, Awards and Prizes
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Reports blister Chicago psychiatric hospital for youths
When Garfield Park Hospital opened in February, the child psychiatric center promised to treat Chicago's toughest kids, including young gang members and sexually aggressive adolescents. But Illinois officials stopped sending juvenile state wards to...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Dwayne Johnson, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Garfield Park
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UIC to go tobacco-free this summer
RedEyeStudents, faculty and other employees of the University of Illinois at Chicago will have to kiss their tobacco products--and their electronic cigarettes--goodbye this summer thanks to a new tobacco-free campus policy that will go into effect July 1....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Teaching and Learning, Health Insurance Cost, Students
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Exploring the job market
The job market is beginning to improve for MBA graduates as global companies start to focus on growth following a few years of hiring caution. To be sure, this isn't the job market of the early 2000s, when the jobless rate held between 4 and 6 percent,...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Labor Markets, Employment, Career and Workplace, University of California, Los Angeles
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