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13 hrs ago | Salon

How Dan Savage lost it

Famous for his Savage Love column, Dan Savage has a new book of essays, "American Savage," published this week.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

17 hrs ago | TechCrunch

Ask a VC: Index Ventures' Danny Rimer On The Future Of Ecommerce And More

Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Columbia University

21 hrs ago | Cleveland.com

Baldwin Wallace freshmen will get a taste of the suite life: Around the Town

If you have recently walked or driven past Baldwin Wallace University's student residence halls on Beech Street, bordering the university's south campus, you might have noticed a lot of construction underway there.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, US News

Yesterday | Northwestern University

Northwestern Visual Arts in June

"A City So Real," a free stage adaptation based on Alex Kotlowitz's book "Never a City So Real" -- this year's One Book One Northwestern selection -- will be staged throughout the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art's galleries June 8 and 9 . Reserve free tickets through the One Book One Northwestern website .

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Related Topix: Evanston, IL, Arts, Theater

Fri May 24, 2013

The Fresno Bee

Actor animated about voice work on Nickelodeon

Despite the passing years, he had no trouble recalling what it was like to be a preteen so that he could provide just the right voice of Sanjay in the new Nickelodeon animated series "Sanjay and Craig." The new animated series, from the people behind the FOX animated series "Bob's Burgers," follows the exploits of the young boy and his best friend, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL, Theater, Arts, Phineas and Ferb, Entertainment, Television

Northwestern University

Northwestern Music in June

A guest performance by renowned Italian guitarist Oscar Ghiglia that will launch the Bienen School's Summer 2013 Guitar Workshop and an admission-free concert by Chicago Symphony Orchestra trombonist and Bienen School faculty member Michael Mulcahy are among the Northwestern University events coming up in June.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Classical, Opera, Mozart, Evanston, IL

Scientific Computing/Instrument.

Quest for Dark Matter Begins With a Few Tiny Bubbles

Northwestern University physicist Eric Dahl is part of a group of physicists that has just launched an unusual new experiment in an attempt to be the first to directly confirm the existence of dark matter.

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Related Topix: Canada, Physics, Science, Department of Energy, Astronomy

Chicago Reader

Fin de siecle Chicago for dummies

Ed. Paul Durica and Bill Savage Reading Sat 6/1, 1 PM Newberry Library 60 W. Walton newberry.org free "Chicago has been called, in its time, the wickedest city in the world, and somehow or other the impression has gone abroad that it is really a very wicked place indeed." And yet: "It is possible for a perfectly moral person, one used to all the ... (more)

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Related Topix: us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, Chicago Travel, Chicago, IL

Lymphoma Info

Single-Dose Radiotherapy for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Patients

A new study indicates patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma could benefit from single-dose radiation therapy over multifractionated RT.

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Final Call

Blacks still majority of the wrongfully convicted

When a Baltimore grocery store employee fingered 26-year-old Michael Austin for the murder of a security guard in the spring of 1974, Austin didn't even match the police sketch.

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Related Topix: Prison

Chemistry World

Chad Mirkin named Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year

We are pleased to announce that Chad Mirkin , of Northwestern University, in Evanston in the US, has been named Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year 2013.

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science

The Triangle

Designer Profile: Paula Hian

Designer Paula Hian, a Philadelphia native, has always aspired to work in the fashion industry.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Spring

Evanston Review

Northwestern returns historical documents to France

While sifting through an archival box at Northwestern University four years ago, Jason Nargis lifted the lid on a few hundred years of history.

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Related Topix: Evanston, IL, Libraries

Thu May 23, 2013

Science Daily

It's not your imagination: Memory gets muddled at menopause

A new study published online in Menopause , the journal of The North American Menopause Society , helps confirm with objective tests that what these women say about their memory is true.

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Related Topix: Menopause, Medicine, Health

The Peninsula

Qatar's media faces challenges: NU-Q Dean

Dr Everette E. Dennis, Dean and Chief Executive Office of Northwestern University in Qatar, speaking at the Doha Marriott Hotel.

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Related Topix: Qatar, Middle East, World News

Mental Help Net

Scientists Can't Replicate Surprising Finding on Alzheimer's Treatment

Although a study in 2012 suggested a cancer drug could reverse the thinking and memory problems associated with Alzheimer's disease, three groups of researchers now say they have been unable to duplicate those findings.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, University of Chicago

Examiner.com

Northwestern goes from Baroque to swinging sixties with sexy opera this weekend

Love, deception, murder and betrayal come to Northwestern University's Evanston campus this weekend via a modernized version of L'incoronazione di Poppea .

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Evanston, IL, Classical, Monteverdi, Claudio Monteverdi

TCPalm

Dr. Jack McAfee honored with Book of Golden Deeds by Exchange Club

This story is contributed by a member of the Treasure Coast community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with TCPalm.com Dr.

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Related Topix: Vero Beach, FL, North Park University, University of Florida, Indian River County, FL, Education Etc.

MediLexicon

Added Control For Biological Studies Using Single-Cell Transfection Tool

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new method for delivering molecules into single, targeted cells through temporary holes in the cell surface.

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Related Topix: Health

Wed May 22, 2013

Nature

Obesity: Heavy sleepers

A growing body of evidence shows that getting a good night's sleep plays an important role in regulating the body's metabolism.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, University of Chicago, Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Evanston, IL