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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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Doctor helps artist tell story to kids
mylinh.hoang@herald-mail.comIn December 2009, two strangers met in the deserted Rio Center Mall in Gaithersburg, Md. A snowstorm had left Dr. Nicholas Orfan of Hagers-town and George Petridis of Slippery Rock, Pa., stranded because of the weather. They were the only two in the...Tags: Artists, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture, Politics, Fine Artists
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Performing arts list
THis list is not all-inclusive. Acting troops/Theaters CenterStage This nonprofit community theater organization spotlights the skills of local volunteers and crew. CenterStage does three shows per season and also has acting classes. The theater's...
Tags: Entertainment, Music Theater, Artists, Arts and Culture, Music
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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: Teaching and Learning, Psychiatry, Israel, Medical Specialization, Psychiatrists
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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: Lawyers, Primaries, Illinois Supreme Court, Political Fundraising, Elections
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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: Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Lake Forest College, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
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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: Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Willie Cochran, Hearing Impairment, Proco Joe Moreno
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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...
Tags: Social Services, Chicago Tribune, Conservation, Authors, New York City
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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: Basketball, Morehead State University, Missouri Valley Conference, Sports, Kansas State Wildcats
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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...
Tags: Muhlenberg College, Softball, Basketball, Values, Ethics
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Latest Maryland and Delaware news, sports, business and entertainment:
Md. trooper shortage shifts some patrols to county FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Maryland State Police are asking Frederick County deputies to patrol parts of state routes 85 and 355 due to a trooper shortage there and a reorganization of the state agency....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Brekford Corp., Government, Theft, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Delaware student wins $61,000 writing prize
Congratulations to Tim Marcin, winner of Washington College's Sophie Kerr Prize, worth $61,192 this year. The 22-year-old from Wilmington, Del., who is headed to Northwestern University, plans to pursue a sports writing career. That's a worthy goal --...
Tags: Sophie Kerr Prize, Entertainment Events, Bob Dylan, Washington College (Maryland), Colleges and Universities
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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: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Arts and Culture, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Perry Hall, Graduation
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