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Medill Energy Report Sparks Debate

Mike Smith | Posted 04.29.2013 | Green
Mike Smith

Energy reporters need to understand science You don't expect a donnybrook when a university like Northwestern releases a White Paper. Yet oh what fun...

FINALLY!

AP | MARK LONG | Posted 03.03.2013 | Sports

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The stuffed monkey spent the last year in storage, out of sight but still in everyone's mind. Coach Pat Fitzgerald dusted ...

Joe Van Brussel

Graduate Students Across The Country Want A Blend Of Money And Meaning

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Van Brussel | Posted 11.16.2012 | Home

Where does getting a paycheck meet making a difference? For some students around the country, the often-separate goals are coming together in a variet...

Barry Commoner, Social Revolutionary Dressed in Environmentalist's Clothing

David Ropeik | Posted 12.03.2012 | Green
David Ropeik

Commoner's passing reminds me that now I'm old, and the simplistic right and wrong/good and bad of my earlier environmentalist innocence has yielded to the crazy plaid complications of many issues.

Northwestern Football: Chicago's Big Ten Team Is Open For Business (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Chris Gentilviso | Posted 11.17.2012 | Chicago
Chris Gentilviso

Five years ago, Northwestern football and home-field advantage were far from synonymous. Now in 2012, that picture is a faint memory. Visiting fans instantly know that Chicago's Big Ten Team is open for business, with football at the center of its sales pitch.

Chris Gentilviso

Northwestern Rides 5 Field Goals, Late Score To 3-0 Start

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 09.15.2012 | Sports

EVANSTON, Ill. -- When 2012's NCAA football schedules were unveiled, seven teams in the nation opened with three Bowl Championship Series automatic-qu...

Boston College Looks For Redemption Against Northwestern

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 09.14.2012 | Sports

Boston College (1-1, 0-1 ACC) at Northwestern (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten) Date: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 Time: 3:30 p.m. ET Place: Ryan Field (Evansto...

Not All Students Are Treated Equally in Today's Digital Era: A Call for Accessible Technology in Higher Education

Sean Devine | Posted 10.07.2012 | Home
Sean Devine

Together, we can ensure that no student is left behind as a result of his or her print-related disability as we continue our path in the digital revolution of higher education.

Stephen Covey Told Us You Can Have it All, But Not All at Once

Mark C. Thompson | Posted 09.18.2012 | Business
Mark C. Thompson

I asked Stephen Covey which one of his famous seven habits meant the most to him personally, after 30 years of teaching and developing them?

'Deadliest Catch': Near Doom With 50 Tons Of Excess Water

Posted 07.18.2012 | TV

Sig Hansen had his hands full -- and his boat full -- on "Deadliest Catch" (Tue., 9 p.m. ET on Discovery). The crew found themselves in a frightening ...

Honoring W.E.B. Du Bois 2012

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi | Posted 06.24.2012 | Black Voices
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi

The Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania appointed Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois Honorary Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies on February 17th 2012. This short video captures the day's activities.

Minnesota Rallies To Top Northwestern In Overtime

AP | MICHAEL MAROT | Posted 05.09.2012 | Sports

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Northwestern had one goal this season — earning the school's first NCAA tournament bid. The Wildcats can't do a...

Official: Holder Speech To Lay Framework For Key Terrorism Issue

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.04.2012 | World

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to outline the legal framework for the use of lethal force in targeted killings of America...

Lizzie Schiffman

Chet Haze Talks Haters, Fame And 'Just Doing Me'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 12.28.2011 | Chicago

"What have you done today? I just met Tom Hanks and helped move his son into Allison. NBD." The week before my junior year at Northwestern Universi...

Illinois Overcomes Northwestern In Furious Finish

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 12.01.2011 | Sports

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Northwestern quarterback Dan Persa threatened to steal the show, but Illinois' Nathan Scheelhaase owned the last act. Scheelh...

WATCH: Northwestern's Athletics Department Says 'It Gets Better'

Posted 11.24.2011 | Chicago

With the nearly ubiquitous It Gets Better video campaign already making significant headway in the realm of professional sports, it stands to reason t...

Understanding What it Means to be Latina

Stephanie Fuerte | Posted 10.10.2011 | College
Stephanie Fuerte

The only difference between the aspiring journalist I was when I was ten and the aspiring journalist I am now is my full understanding of what it means to be a Latina.

WATCH: Colbert Kills At Northwestern Commencement

Posted 08.17.2011 | Chicago

Stephen Colbert returned to his alma mater of Northwestern University to give a commencement address on Friday, and to no one's great surprise, he bro...

Big 10 Ponders Proposal To Pay Athletes (VIDEO)

Posted 07.20.2011 | Sports

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Northwestern Speaks Out On Professor's Controversial Leave

Posted 06.07.2011 | College

Northwestern University officials have released a statement explaining the dismissal of renowned journalism professor David Protess, saying he lied to...

Star Northwestern Prof Removed From Class

Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Update: Northwestern University has released an official statement regarding the status of David Protess, saying that "... the laudable goal of the In...

Professor Apologizes For Sex-Toy Demonstration

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

CHICAGO — A Northwestern University professor apologized Saturday for letting a couple demonstrate the use of a sex toy after one of his classes, bu...

Northwestern's President Condemns Sex-Toy Demonstration

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

CHICAGO — Northwestern University found itself at the center of a furor Thursday after a sexuality professor known for racy lessons allowed stud...

500 Northwestern Students Protest "Brothel Law"

northbynorthwestern.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

A town hall meeting discussing off-campus housing issues took an impassioned turn as about 500 students crowded into McCormick Auditorium in protest o...

College Town Will Enforce 'Brothel Rule'

City | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

The Northwestern administration will not ask Evanston to reconsider its "brothel law," a zoning ordinance that will cause hundreds of students to be e...