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Northwestern University is a private institution with its main campus of 240 acres on the shore of Lake Michigan in Evanston, about 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, and a 25-acre campus in Chicago. It has about 7,800 undergraduate and 6,200 graduate and professional program students. A member of the Big Ten conference, its athletic teams are called the Wildcats. Founded in 1851, Northwestern now has 10 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; Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; the Graduate School; the Medill Scho...
Northwestern University is a private institution with its main campus of 240 acres on the shore of Lake Michigan in Evanston, about 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, and a 25-acre campus in Chicago. It has about 7,800 undergraduate and 6,200 graduate and professional program students. A member of the Big Ten conference, its athletic teams are called the Wildcats. Founded in 1851, Northwestern now has 10 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; Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; the Graduate School; the Medill School of Journalism; the School of Law; the J. L. Kellogg School of Management; the Feinberg School of Medicine; and the School of Music.
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Catonsville High School student's talent with trombone has taken him to New England and New York City
Seven years ago, Michael Shayte tested various brass and string instruments along with the rest of his fifth-grade class.
But only the trombone called to him.
"It just felt right when I started playing," he said, recalling that moment back in middle...Tags: Concerts, Catonsville, Schools, College Sports, Teaching and Learning
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Educating the family
Poverty, undereducation and disconnectedness to society beget exactly those same things — a problem that has stymied policymakers since the advent of public education, which was supposed to be the solution. Four centuries of publicly funded...Tags: Mount Vernon, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Minority Groups
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County native will command Westminster police barrack
WESTMINSTER — A lifelong resident of Carroll County has been named as the new commander of the Westminster Barrack for the Maryland State Police. Lt. Jim DeWees, 40, was transferred to the new position, effective this past week, by State Police...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Criminal Laws, Carroll County (Maryland), Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Criminals
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Johns Hopkins neuroscientist David Linden explains the biology of pleasure
Not all addictions live up to their advance press.
In the past decade, it's become common to casually and humorously describe a favorite activity in the parlance of chemical dependency. People speak of being "addicted" to chocolate or high-fat foods,...Tags: Brain, University of California, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, Biology, Colleges and Universities
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Former Maryland football coach Lou Saban dies at 87
The Associated PressHe was a star football player in college, a champion pro football coach, a baseball president, a man with a short temper and very long resume, never averse to tackling something new. Nobody has ever done it quite like Lou Saban, a former Maryland...Tags: Cleveland Browns, Armed Forces, George Steinbrenner, Colleges and Universities, Football
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Emanuel's 'Rahmbo' image
Associated PressRahm Emanuel combines political instincts, White House experience and a Chicago tough-guy attitude - traits he's likely to need as President-elect Obama's new chief of staff. His combative style as political director in the early days of the Clinton...Tags: Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, White House, Illinois, Drama (genre)
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Update on the vacation
Dining@LargeNorthwestern University is the swine flu capital of the universe....... -
Hoping to be heard
Sun StaffNEW YORK - This is it. It's real. A decades-old doctoral dissertation has grown into an actual product supported by a fledgling company, which on this early autumn day is being unveiled in a windowless ballroom several stories above the cab-choked streets...Tags: United Air Lines, Hospitals and Clinics, Brain, Johns Hopkins University, Aether Systems Inc.
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Woman's expressions misleading, experts say
Chicago TribuneTerri Schiavo's eyes look vacant. Her mouth hangs open. Then, her mother approaches, saying, "Hi, baby," in a bright voice. Schiavo's lips turn upward, and her blinking accelerates. What do these carefully edited video clips reveal about the severely...Tags: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Brain, Plastic Surgeons, Drugs and Medicines, Colleges and Universities
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Ex-Enron chairman pleads innocent
From Wire ReportsWASHINGTON - Former Enron Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth L. Lay started yesterday with his hands cuffed behind his back. But hours later, he came out swinging. "I firmly reject any notion that I engaged in any wrongful or criminal...Tags: Court Preliminary, Fraud, FBI, Punishment, Trials
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War toll speaks to geography, class split
Sun reporterWashington // Taken together, the stories of the 2,000 American soldiers who have died in Iraq in the past two years tell a poignant tale about who is bearing the largest burden. The victims are disproportionately working-class young men, most in their...Tags: History, Armed Forces, Charles B. Rangel, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Abraham Lincoln
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'60 Minutes' story suffered from 'myopic zeal'
Sun StaffIn TV news lingo, it's called "crashing the story" - a frenzied, focused, all-out effort to get the information, get the pictures, get it on the air and, most important, get it first. It happens with elections. It happened with the tsunamis. And,...Tags: Armed Forces, Hospitals and Clinics, John Kerry, Berkeley (Alameda, California), Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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