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    Geez, this Barack Obama guy is everywhere tonight--"Daily Show" too  Oct 30, 2008
    Pretty hard to avoid you-know-who from Illinois tonight. He was everywhere on the tube tonight. (Los Angeles Times)

    County Board District 9 candidates concerned with county growth  Oct 30, 2008
    Education: Bachelor of Arts from Brown University, master s degree in science in geophysics from Texas A&M University, doctorate in geological sciences from Northwestern University. Profession: associate professor of geology at Northern Illinois University. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)

    Radical Loon When Obama Was Only 47  Oct 30, 2008
    In addition to Ayers, among those once on the FBI's most-wanted list who ended up in cushy college teaching positions are Bernardine Dohrn (Northwestern University), Mark Rudd (a junior college in New Mexico) and Angela Davis (History of Consciousness Department, University of California at Santa Cruz). While others were hard at work on Ph. (Human Events Online)

    Diabetes Is a Risk in Pregnancy That Carries Risks Beyond  Oct 30, 2008
    In the years since Ms. Bloustein s first pregnancy, the incidence of gestational diabetes has nearly doubled, a result of the rise in prepregnancy weight among American women, Dr. Boyd E. Metzger, an endocrinologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said in an interview. At the same time, much has been learned about the disorder and its possible effects on newborns and their mothers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)

    Chiefs departure expected today (1031)  Oct 30, 2008
    He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin with a criminal justice degree, before attending Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. and graduated summa cum laude from Cardinal Stritch in Wisconsin where he earned a masters degree. (Terrell Tribune, TX)

    TEMECULA: Students miss school in Prop. 8 protest  Oct 29, 2008
    The Declaration of Independence states "That all men are created equal lets keep it that way chris wrote on Oct 28, 2008 3:00 PM:It's sad that people who support prop 8 do so because they believe their marriages are somehow more special than a homosexuals marriage would be. My marriage to my husband has, by far, brought me more love and happiness than any other decision I've made in my life. Why would I want to deprive any other human being of that joy? Tyler wrote on Oct 28, 2008 3:07 PM:To:... (North County Times)

    LETTERS: NCT, Oct. 28, 2008  Oct 29, 2008
    Reardon wrote on Oct 28, 2008 12:48 PM:Interesting comments today in the Wall Street Journal by the Co-Founder of the Federalist Society, and current law professor at Northwestern University, STEVEN G. CALABRESI ... Reardon wrote on Oct 28, 2008 7:04 PM:gracchus: That is a quote from the Wall Street Journal today, as written by the Co-Founder of the Federalist Society, and current law professor at Northwestern University, STEVEN G. CALABRESI.. (North County Times)

    Obituaries for Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008  Oct 29, 2008
    He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree with high honors from Northwestern University in 1959 and was elected to the Omicron Kappa Upsilon honorary dental fraternity. He was a member of Psi Omega Frater-nity and elected Grand Master in 1959. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    New Antibiotic Target And Antibiotic Mechanism Identified; Discoveries Hold Promise For Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis  Oct 28, 2008
    27, 2008) A team of Rutgers University scientists led by Richard H. Ebright and Eddy Arnold has identified a new antibiotic target and a new antibiotic mechanism that may enable the development of broad-spectrum antibacterial agents effective against bacterial pathogens resistant to current antibiotics. In particular, the results could lead the way to new treatments for tuberculosis (TB) that involve shorter courses of therapy and are effective against drug-resistant TB.. (Science Daily)

    Jerry O'Connell ('Crossing Jordan'), Lauren Stamile ('Grey's Anatomy') and Academy Award(R) Winner Faye Dunaway ('Chinatown') to Star in Lifetime Original Movie 'Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou' to Premiere in 2009 on Lifetime  Oct 28, 2008
    After majoring in theater at Northwestern University, Stamile moved to New York and Hollywood to pursue acting professionally. She is best known for her role as "Nurse Rose" on the hit ABC series, "Grey's Anatomy." Stamile has had starring roles in the made-for-television movie "Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels" and The WB series "Off Centre." Her guest-starring roles on television include "Scrubs," "Heroes," "Boston Legal," "NUMB3RS," "Criminal Minds," "The West... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Hispanic Television Update  Oct 27, 2008
    A graduate of Northwestern University in Illinois, he will be based in Los Angeles and will report to Alex Pels, general manager of mun2. Telemundo s executive vice president of entertainment Carlos Bardasano has left the Spanish-language network, but will continue to consult for the company, the network confirmed. (Multichannel News)

    Obesity Society Announces New President, Robert Kushner, M.D.  Oct 25, 2008
    Dr. Kushner is Clinical Director of the Northwestern Comprehensive Center on Obesity in Chicago, Professor of Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, author of over 140 scientific articles on obesity and nutrition, on the editorial board for Obesity, Obesity Management, the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, and Today's Diet tion, editor of the American Medical Association's Obesity Primer for Physicians, author of Counseling Overweight Adults: The... (PR Newswire)

    Women's Golf Finishes Third After First Round  Oct 25, 2008
    Five are tied for third with a 74: Kelsey Lindenschmidt of Northwestern University, Amber Littman of East Carolina University, Emily Street of North Carolina State, and Andrea Watts and Evan Jensen both of the University of Florida. Play will continue through Sunday at the Country Club of Landfall. (Tarheelblue.com)

    Doctors often put their trust in placebos, study finds  Oct 25, 2008
    Physicians often say something like, I don t really have faith that this will make a lot of difference, but go ahead and try it and see if it makes you feel better, said Dr. Eric Ruderman, an associate professor of medicine who specializes in rheumatology at Northwestern University s Feinberg School of Medicine. That s a way of walking the line between I don t think this will help you a statement that could undercut the placebo effect and I m pretty sure this will help, which wouldn t be true. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)

    Bruce Kent Nichols  Oct 24, 2008
    He entered Northwestern University in Chicago in 1950. In 1952, Bruce passed his Certified Public Accountant exam with the highest grade among the 11,000 taking the exam nationwide. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    For divided high court, two potential legacies  Oct 23, 2008
    says Northwestern University law professor John McGinnis. As emerging technology introduces new legal questions, and gay marriage and other contemporary issues reach the courts, the next decades will bring a wide and unpredictable swath of cases. (USA Today)

    Co-Founder Leaves Sun, Again  Oct 23, 2008
    Customers include Bit Gravity, Northwestern University and Lawrence Livermore Labs. Bechtolsheim will join 15-year Cisco (nasdaq: - - ) veteran Jayshree Ullal, who last May left her post as senior vice president of the networking giant's data center, switching and security technology group. (Forbes -- Technology)

    Computer Chips With Plasmonic Lenses That 'Fly'  Oct 23, 2008
    The study was also co-authored by Cheng Sun, a former graduate student in Zhang's lab and currently an assistant professor in mechanical engineering at Northwestern University. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Center for Scalable and Integrated Nano-Manufacturing. (Science Daily)

    First Rights: J. Edgar Hoover lives!  Oct 23, 2008
    As Anthony D'Amato, professor of Law at Northwestern University, reasonably asks -- on the University of Pittsburgh School of Law's Web site, "Jurist" -- "how can the FBI know that anyone is a law-abiding person without making an investigative intrusion into his or her private affairs?" Since there is no judicial supervision, and no requirement that FBI agents begin their "assessments" with any specific evidence of wrongdoing, D'Amato asks, "Do the Guidelines provide any limitations to the... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)

    Black church, researchers unite to fight mental decline  Oct 23, 2008
    Early Alzheimer's can manifest itself in different ways, says Darby Morhardt of Northwestern University's Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago ... Sources: Alzheimer's Association; Darby Morhardt, Northwestern University ... "In Tuskegee, they were really used in a very brutal way," says Sandra Weintraub, director of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center at Northwestern University. (USA Today)

    VIDEO:  Watch the pastor in action against Alzheimer's  Oct 23, 2008
    Early Alzheimer's can manifest itself in different ways, says Darby Morhardt of Northwestern University's Alzheimer's Disease Center in Chicago ... Sources: Alzheimer's Association; Darby Morhardt, Northwestern University. (USA Today)

    Time to scrap the Electoral College?  Oct 22, 2008
    But Northwestern University law professor Robert Bennett, who calls himself "a mild proponent" of scrapping the Electoral College and is the author of "Taming the Electoral College," said a popular vote would create incentives for the minority party in each state to improve their organizations and harvest votes. The Democratic Party in heavily Republican Utah, for instance, would know that every voter it recruited for the Democratic presidential candidate would help win the national election. (MSNBC -- Race)

    Ex-Chicago cop arrested in torture case  Oct 22, 2008
    "This has been a symbol of a pattern of racism and of police as an occupier in certain neighborhoods, and the federal government stepping in here just has enormous importance even if it only this one case," said Locke Bowman, of the MacArthur Justice Center at the Northwestern University School of Law. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    Safety a problem for biological drugs, too  Oct 22, 2008
    It's that same mechanism that can result in side effects often not seen with chemical-based medicines, said Dr. Charles Bennett, a Northwestern University drug safety expert. These can include brain and fungal infections and cancer. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    GOP leaders link Obama to Ayers  Oct 22, 2008
    whatfreshhell wrote on Oct 15, 2008 2:51 PM:" By the time Obama met Bill Ayers, it's clear Ayers was regarded as a respectable citizen, even by conservatives. In 1995, Bill Ayers (with two others) won the Chicago Annenberg Challenge and was awarded $49.5 million dollars by the conservative Annenberg Foundation. The Foundation had been set up by Walter Hubert Annenberg - who had been appointed as the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom by President Nixon and awarded the Presidential Medal of... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    Clarion-Ledger editor to be honored by Ole Miss  Oct 22, 2008
    A graduate of Ole Miss, Agnew is also an alumnus of the Maynard Management Institute at Northwestern University. In your voice. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Passel of politicians swarms the valley  Oct 22, 2008
    McNerney's campaign will be boosted by volunteers such as Fresno native Monica Carmean, a Northwestern University graduate who works alongside Rumbeck in the office of Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno. (Modesto Bee, CA)

    Marquette leader reaches out  Oct 22, 2008
    Salchenberger left Northwestern University in Chicago to accept the position of dean at Marquette because of the university s stature in the academic community and alumni base ... D. cohort class at Northwestern University ... Age: 59Title: Dean, College of Business, Marquette UniversityEducation: Bachelor s degree, science and mathematics, Mundelein College; master s degree, science and mathematics, Illinois Institute of Technology; master s degree, business administration, Northwestern... (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)

    Ex-Chicago Cop Charged with Lying about Torture  Oct 22, 2008
    "This has been a symbol of a pattern of racism and of police as an occupier in certain neighborhoods, and the federal government stepping in here just has enormous importance even if it only this one case," said Locke Bowman, of the MacArthur Justice Center at the Northwestern University School of Law. A report by two special prosecutors appointed by the Cook County Circuit Court concluded two years ago that Chicago police beat, kicked, shocked or otherwise tortured scores of black suspects in... (Time.com)

    John Lott, Sonya Jones: How Felons Can Tip an Election  Oct 21, 2008
    " The Washington secretary of state rejected criticism from journalists and watchdog groups by such stories didn't take into account that many of those people on the list may have ultimately been convicted of lesser charges, or have had their rights restored. But, the secretary of state has offered no evidence to back up his claim, and State Elections Director Nick Handy , it's impossible to know these numbers. All this wouldn t matter too much if felons voted the same way citizens do generally,... (Fox News)

    Where's the economy headed?  Oct 21, 2008
    After finishing his Doctorate of Philosophy at Northwestern University, Mr. Orr was an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia. From there, he moved to the Canadian government, where he advanced to the position of senior executive, Department of Industry, Trade, and Commerce. (Globe and Mail)

    Learn about hospice care  Oct 20, 2008
    Gazelle, whose clinical practice is dedicated to end-of life-care, is also an assistant clinical professor at Harvard and master facilitator with Northwestern University, teaching doctors around the country how to care for people at the end of life. McCue, a certified hospice nurse with experience in end-of-life care, leads the team of clinicians and home health aides, all of whom have been trained in hospice care. (Hingham Journal, MA)

    Negative campaigning enters college applications  Oct 20, 2008
    At Northwestern University, one letter was written in crayon ... Northwestern University. (Houston Chronicle)

    Nicotine Linked To Breast Cancer Growth And Spread, Study Suggests  Oct 20, 2008
    16, 2004) A Northwestern University cancer researcher is conducting a study that will compare the effects of whole brain radiation therapy with supplemental oxygen without or with EfaproxynTM (efaproxiral), an. . (Science Daily)

    Nanoscale coating protect products -- and the economy  Oct 20, 2008
    D. in materials science from Northwestern University, Aita worked for private industry for several years, and that's when she became hooked on thin-coatings work. She says she entered academia for access to something she couldn't get in the private sector: students. (EurekAlert!)

    Edit: Power Back-up  Oct 20, 2008
    But this could change dramatically if scientists at Northwestern University in Illinois, USA, are on the right track. The researchers claim to have developed a thermoelectric material which could be used to produce a new generation of devices that can be up to 14 per cent efficient, with a longer term efficiency goal of over 20 per cent. In driving terms this could decrease fuel consumption by almost 10 per cent.. (India Times, India)

    A look at Obama's home turf in Chicago  Oct 19, 2008
    The average white metropolitan resident lives in a neighborhood 80 percent white and only 7 percent black, says Northwestern University professor Mary Pattillo. Census tracts in the exurbs and the countryside tend to be even whiter. (Boston Globe)

    Startup: Vital signs of a young regional company  Oct 18, 2008
    Don Hoffman, chief technology officer, 54, has a master's in science from Northwestern University and has worked in computer networking and computer security for 25 years. Mark Mitchell, president and chief operating officer, 45, has a bachelor's from the University of the Pacific, a master's in science from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a law degree from the University of California's Hastings College of the Law; he has 20 years of entrepreneurial experience. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)

    Gutfeld: How Does a Terrorist Become a Professor?  Oct 18, 2008
    And of course, there's his scuzzy terrorist wife Bernardine Dohrn, a professor at Northwestern University. I don't even know where that is, but I assume she makes it stink of patchouli. (Fox News)

    In Chicago, ex-radical better known as a scholar  Oct 18, 2008
    Now a law professor at Northwestern University, Dohrn was a fugitive for years with her husband until they surrendered in 1980 and charges against him were dropped because of government misconduct, which included FBI break-ins, wiretaps and opening of mail. Although Ayers has refashioned his life from street-level revolutionary to intellectual, he has not entirely renounced his past. (Albany Times Union)

    Scientists Trace Molecular Origin Of Proportional Development  Oct 18, 2008
    30, 2007) A Northwestern University scientist describes new research that used an innovative experimental approach to provide unique insights into how scientists can change human metastatic melanoma cells back. (Oct. (Science Daily)

    Medical Textbooks Use White, Heterosexual Men As A 'Universal Model'  Oct 18, 2008
    (June 13, 2003) A new Northwestern University study boosts the relatively limited research on women's sexuality with a surprisingly different finding regarding women's sexual arousal. In contrast to men. (Science Daily)

    Sensitive Laser Instrument Could Aid Search For Life On Mars  Oct 17, 2008
    2, 2001) Adding albumin to a dialysis solution may help patients wake up faster from coma due to chronic liver failure, according to researchers at Northwestern University Medical School. (Oct. (Science Daily)

    Men's Golf Hosts SCU Invitational Next Week  Oct 17, 2008
    5-6) hosted by Northwestern University. His season low, 70, came in the first round of the SMC Invitational. (Santaclarabroncos.com)

    Sanstead maintains energy after 24 years  Oct 17, 2008
    and his master's degree in public address and group communications from Northwestern University. He earned his doctorate in secondary education from the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of North Dakota. (Williston Daily Herald, ND)

    Persuading novice voters with abstract or concrete messages: Timing is everything  Oct 17, 2008
    Obama's reliance on lofty rhetoric has succeeded thus far, and in a study forthcoming in the Journal of Consumer Research, Hakkyun Kim (Concordia University), Akshay Rao (University of Minnesota), and Angela Lee (Northwestern University) provide research evidence for why this strategy works. The researchers used the following analogy to make their point. (EurekAlert!)

    Racial disparities in cardiovascular health linked to birth weight, slavery  Oct 17, 2008
    Researchers from Northwestern University argue that such intergenerational impacts of environmental factors could help explain black-white differences in cardiovascular health in the U.S.. "A pregnant African American mother's experience of well documented stressors, including social forces such as discrimination and racism, could have lingering effects on diseases like hypertension, diabetes and heart attacks in her children," says Christopher Kuzawa and Elizabeth Sweet, who co-authored this... (EurekAlert!)

    Debate Transcript  Oct 16, 2008
    Other members on that board were the presidents of the University of Illinois, the president of Northwestern University, who happens to be a Republican, the president of The Chicago Tribune, a Republican- leaning newspaper. Mr. Ayers is not involved in my campaign. (CBS News)

    The playing, paralysed monkeys that offer hope to spinal injury ...  Oct 16, 2008
    Lee Miller, at Northwestern University in Chicago, who recently showed how monkeys could control their limbs using signals from bunches of brain cells, said: "This is the first instance when activity from a single neuron in the brain has been used to control a paralysed limb rather than a robotic arm or a cursor on a screen. I'd certainly hope that within the next five years there will be at least experimental applications being tried out in humans.". . (guardian.co.uk)

    Nanodiamond Drug Device Could Transform Cancer Treatment  Oct 16, 2008
    15, 2008) A Northwestern University research team has developed a promising nanomaterial-based biomedical device that could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs locally to sites where cancerous tumors have been surgically removed ... "Several surgeons at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine, as well as other medical schools and hospitals, are very interested in the device because it is biocompatible and provides such stable and consistent drug release," said Ho, a member of the Robert H.... (Science Daily)

    Academics sign petition praising Ayers  Oct 16, 2008
    And Obama said the issue is a distraction: "The fact that this has become such an important part of your campaign, Sen. McCain, says more about your campaign than it says about me."Ayers is married to Bernardine Dohrn, also a former Weather Underground member who is now on the law school faculty in Northwestern University. His scholarship on education reform has been lauded; he advises Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on school issues, the mayor recently told The New York Times. (News & Observer)

    David Letterman keeps up his barrage of John McCain quips  Oct 15, 2008
    A graduate of Northwestern University, he was a reporter for newspapers in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas before joining the (now-defunct) Los Angeles Herald Examiner in 1983. Hired by The Times in 1989, he has worked in its Washington bureau since 1996 a perch providing him a close-up view of the impeachment of President Clinton, the government's response to 9/11 and the day-to-day wrangling of the two major parties. (Los Angeles Times)

    Head or heart? Money meltdown is emotional  Oct 15, 2008
    " As we evaluate risk, some very primitive factors take over to drive often-irrational thinking. "When people make financial decisions, their emotional, primitive brain is very much involved," said Camelia M. Kuhnen, an assistant professor of finance at Northwestern University. "This is not just an intellectual experience. " When we experience a gain, the brain's nucleus accumbens an area associated with reward is activated. "This results in us being motivated to go grab that potentially... (MSNBC -- Health)

    A double standard?  Oct 15, 2008
    whatfreshhell wrote on Oct 13, 2008 3:06 AM:" If Obama was "palling around" with the unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers, so were the directors of the Annenberg Foundation and the following other people who, like Obama, served on the same CAC board with Ayers:Patricia Albjerg Graham, currently on the Board of Directors of the Apache Corporation (the Texas gas and oil company) and professor of education history at Harvard.Arnold R Weber, former President of Northwestern University and the University... (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    When Seeing IS Believing  Oct 15, 2008
    The research was done by Adam Galinsky, the Morris and Alice Kaplan Professor of Ethics and Decision in Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. in collaboration with lead author Jennifer Whitson, an assistant professor at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. (Science Daily)

    Personal Music Players: Scientists Warn Of Health Risks From Exposure To Noise  Oct 15, 2008
    That s the advice of Dean Garstecki, a Northwestern University audiologist and professor, when it comes to using those ever-present earbuds favored. (Oct. (Science Daily)

    Does Europe need a new-style MBA?  Oct 15, 2008
    But Dipak Jain, Dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, in Chicago, defended the global perspective and teaching models at his and many other U.S. schools. "Our Global Initiatives in Management program has since 1990 focused on doing business in particular countries, with on-site facilities, and a customized curriculum that covers all aspects of cross-cultural management, international finance, marketing and cross-cultural negotiation," Jain said. (International Herald Tribune)

    Shop Talk, 10-15-08  Oct 15, 2008
    Webb is a graduate of the National Trust School at Northwestern University and holds an MBA in finance from the University of Michigan. He has served the community as board member and Paul Harris Fellow of the Gaylord Rotary, founding president of the Gaylord Education Foundation, president of Hospice of Little Traverse Bay, and board member of the Petoskey Education Foundation. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)

    LETTER: Komada gets his vote 'for many reasons'  Oct 14, 2008
    Info Provided by Northwestern University. google "People v. Steidl, No. 80341 komada" " 85CHSGrad wrote on Oct 13, 2008 7:40 PM:" Defendant's post-conviction proceedings were conducted byJudge Paul Komada. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    New Russell Crowe & Leonardo DiCaprio film project: 'Will Work for ...  Oct 14, 2008
    He received a masters degree in English literature in 1976 and a bachelors degree in film studies in 1975, both from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Subscribeto Blog: Categories. (Los Angeles Times)

    No. 3 Deacons Host Radford on Wednesday  Oct 14, 2008
    Wake Forest (12-2) will enter the contest after a successful weekend at Northwestern University, where the team topped No. 6 Michigan State 2-1 and Northwestern 8-2. Radford (7-6) opened 2008 play with a tough 0-4 start, but have recovered to record four shutouts along with recent wins over Appalachian State and Longwood. (Wakeforestsports.com)

    Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields  Oct 14, 2008
    Now a team of researchers at Northwestern University has demonstrated the ability to rapidly write nanoscale protein arrays using a tool they call the nanofountain probe (NFP). "The NFP works much like a fountain pen, only on a much smaller scale, and in this case, the ink is the protein solution," said Horacio Espinosa, head of the research team and professor of mechanical engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern. (EurekAlert!)

    Field Hockey ACCtion: Saturday, October 11  Oct 13, 2008
    - After a scoreless first half, the No. 3 Wake Forest field hockey team scored back-to-back goals to top No. 6 Michigan State 2-1 on Saturday at Northwestern University. The Demon Deacons (11-2) snapped a nine-match win-streak for the Spartans, who are now 12-2 for the year. (Theacc.com)

    Implantable Device May Help Manage Congestive Heart Failure Symptoms  Oct 12, 2008
    The goal of the study is to return the ventricle to a normal shape, decrease heart failure symptoms and prevent the heart from further deterioration, said Charles Davidson, MD, principle investigator for the study, chief of the cardiac catheterization lab at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and professor of medicine at Northwestern University s Feinberg School of Medicine. The study device, developed and manufactured by CardioKinetix of Menlo Park, California, resembles an upside down... (Science Daily)

    McCain gets boos at GOP rally for defending Obama  Oct 11, 2008
    "But McCain's campaign on Friday also organized for the second time this week a conference call featuring John Murtagh, whose family home was firebombed in 1970 because his father, as a New York supreme court justice, had presided over a Black Panthers trial.Murtagh's father was also threatened in an open 1970 letter signed by Ayers' wife, Bernardine Dohrn also a former radical from the Vietnam era, now a law professor at Northwestern University. Murtagh said he remains convinced that the couple... (Anchorage Daily News)

    Kristen Fyfe  Oct 11, 2008
    She graduated summa cum laude with a Masters of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University. Very active in her church and community, Fyfe lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her two children. (Townhall.com)

    Graphic novelist discusses benefits of comics  Oct 11, 2008
    Elder had started out as a film student at Northwestern University. Mail Order Ninja was originally an idea for a short film, one that came to Elder in a single afternoon. (MIllbrook Voice Ledger, NY)

    Spicy foods harmful for chronic bladder  Oct 11, 2008
    Researchers from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine believe these symptoms are actually being provoked by spicy foods that irritate the large bowel, as an animal study has shown ... The idea opens up new treatment possibilities for "painful bladder syndrome", or interstitial cystitis, a condition that primarily affects women (only 00004000 10 percent of sufferers are men), according to a Northwestern University press release. (Times of India)

    Does it matter if black plus white equals black or multiracial?  Oct 11, 2008
    According to a new Northwestern University study, they do matter. The findings suggest that the immediate response of non-black study participants is to categorize a racially ambiguous person as black when it was known that one of the person's parents was black and one was white. (EurekAlert!)

    Opinion: $700,000,000,000 (that's a lot of zeroes)  Oct 10, 2008
    Wendy Espeland is an associate professor of sociology at Northwestern University. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)

    First rate in Second City: Watertown's Quinn stars at Northwestern  Oct 10, 2008
    By Courtesy of Northwestern University/Stephen Carrera. Two-time Daily News Tribune Player of the Year Alexandra Quinn is now a two-time Big Ten Player of the Week at Northwestern University ... When Kelly McCollum headed back to her alma mater of Northwestern University as an assistant field hockey coach in 2000, she made sure to keep some mental notes of the New England field hockey terrain she'd surveyed during her five years as an assistant at the University of New Hampshire and Northeastern... (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)

    Vote For Who You Are Not  Oct 10, 2008
    The researchers, Chen-Bo Zhong of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, Adam Galinsky of the Kellogg School Management at Northwestern University and Miguel Unzueta of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, divided groups of Asian and Latino students into two subgroups. Half of the students were asked to write about being Asian or Latino in the U.S. The other half were asked to write about being non-white in the U.S.. (Forbes -- Technology)

    Bulldogs Fare Well In NCAA Academic Progress  Oct 10, 2008
    Men's Tennis Ball State University Belmont University Bucknell University Colgate University College of the Holy Cross Columbia University-Barnard College Cornell University Creighton University Dartmouth College Fairfield University Fordham University Gonzaga University Lafayette College Lehigh University Louisiana State University Northwestern University Princeton University Robert Morris University St. Bonaventure University U.S. Naval Academy University of Dayton University of Delaware... (Gozags.com)

    A world of singing to benefit Crisis Ministry  Oct 10, 2008
    Now living in South Brunswick, Waite studied at L'Ecole des Sciences Politique in Paris and has degrees from Sarah Lawrence College and Northwestern University. Following graduate school, she sang in New York City with the Collegiate Chorale. (NJ.com -- Times)

    The Bill Ayers I Knew  Oct 10, 2008
    Dohrn directed the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University. PAGE: 1David S. Tanenhaus teaches history and law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and is the author of Juvenile Justice in the Making. (Slate)

    Clue to genetic cause of fatal birth defect  Oct 10, 2008
    Jifang Mao, Gil B. Gibori, Julia Halperin, Jamie Le, Y. Sangeeta Devi and Bradley Merrill of the UIC College of Medicine and Hiroaki Kiyokawa of Northwestern University also contributed to the study. For more information about UIC, visit. (EurekAlert!)

    Discovery Of 'Broken Symmetry' At Subatomic Level Earns 2008 Nobel Prize In Physics  Oct 8, 2008
    9, 1997) Scientists at the University of Illinois -- working with scientists at Northwestern University -- have discovered the first example of a solid superconductor displaying broken time-reversal. (July 4, 2005) Physics researchers working at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Laboratory in Japan have observed a new type of interaction among the most fundamental of particles, the quark. (Science Daily)

    Metastatic Movements In 3-D  Oct 8, 2008
    18, 2005) Northwestern University researchers have demonstrated how the microenvironments of two human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines (federally approved) induced metastatic melanoma cells to revert to a. (Sep. (Science Daily)

    Form Of Crohn's Disease Traced To Disabled Gut Cells  Oct 8, 2008
    9, 2002) Researchers at the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Northwestern University are conducting clinical trials of several innovative approaches to the treatment of Crohn's disease, including. (Sep. (Science Daily)

    Men's Golf Finishes 15th At Windon Invitational  Oct 8, 2008
    - The Santa Clara men's golf team took 15th place at the Windon Invitational hosted by Northwestern University on Oct. 5-6. The event was held at the North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Ill. (Santaclarabroncos.com)

    Nebraska Latino summit showcases success, lays out challenge  Oct 7, 2008
    "If those students can see themselves reflected (in) the teachers they will have a greater chance of really following their dreams," said Luis Sotelo, a 2007 graduate of Lexington High School now attending Northwestern University in Illinois. In 2006-07 the state had 245 Hispanic teachers, or 1 percent of teachers statewide. (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    Northwestern University Chorale to present concert titled Of War and Peace  Oct 7, 2008
    Northwestern University Chorale to present concert titled Of War and Peace. 10/06/08. (Alva Review Courier, OK)

    Setting The Pace  Oct 7, 2008
    The 54-hole tournament is being hosted by Northwestern University at the par-72, 6,320 yard Evanston Golf Club in Skokie, Ill. The third and final round will get underway Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 8 a.m.. (Purduesports.com)

    Obituaries for Tuesday, October 7, 2008  Oct 7, 2008
    where Art worked for the Evanston YMCA and New Trier High School while completing a master s degree at Northwestern University. In 1955, they moved to Northbrook, and Art joined the faculty at Glenbrook North High School in 1957. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Chaos may make you see 'things'  Oct 6, 2008
    But experiments done by Adam Galinsky, social psychologist and professor at Northwestern University in Illinois, and Jennifer Whitson, professor of management at the University of Texas-Austin, demonstrated that people who can't make sense of an out-of-control situation will trick themselves into seeing patterns or drawing connections that don't exist. Sometimes they turn to seemingly senseless rituals or superstitions. (Boston Globe)

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