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)