WGN brings 'College Challenge' to Norris
WGN Morning News came to the Northwestern campus early Monday morning to give students a shot at its "College Challenge."
University students and the camera crew from WGN – Chicago's affiliate of The CW Television Network – gathered on the first floor of Norris University Center. Students were able to play competitive games such as tossing pingpong balls into recycling bins.
University offers 2 new study abroad programs in Israel
Beginning next spring, Northwestern students will have access to two new study abroad programs in Israel, according to a University release Thursday.
One, called "The Modern State of Israel: Politics, Economics and Ethnicity," will look at the political culture of the country, taking into account the ethnic and religious diversity of its past and present. The other, "Public Health in Israel," will look at Israel's famously effective health care system.
Both programs will be taught in English at Tel Aviv University.
NU faculty wins local, national awards
The University honored five faculty members with University Teaching Awards, according to a University release Saturday.
Medill professor Jack Doppelt, History professor Benjamin Frommer and joint African American/Asian American studies professor Nitasha Sharma were all awarded the Charles Deering McCormick Professors of Teaching Excellence Award.
Math lecturer John Alongi and Theatre lecturer Laura Schellhardt both received the Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer Award. Both awards are given by the University Teaching Awards Committee.
Nationally, two faculty members – archaeologist James Brown and economist Dale Mortensen – were named new members of the National Academy of Sciences, according to a University release Thursday. This newest class of NAS members included scientists from 14 countries. Mortensen was previously honored with the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2010.
Feinberg professor highlights neurons targeted by paralytic disease
Neurology professor Hande Ozdinler developed a method of cloaking brain cells vulnerable to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease – in a fluorescent green coating, a University release said Wednesday.
This advance could help researchers in discovering how these cells start succumbing to the neurodegenerative disease.