Death penalty history made at Northwestern

Gov. George Ryan changed the course of death penalty history on Jan. 11 in his stunning speech to an overflow crowd in the School of Law’s Lincoln Hall.

Lawrence Marshall, law professor and legal director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions, introduces Illinois Governor George Ryan on the day he commuted the sentences of more than 150 death row prisoners to life without parole. “Despite all of the passion, energy and brilliance of those who have gathered here today, the truths about the fissures in our criminal justice system would still be buried were it not for the unparalleled willingness of Gov. George Ryan to open his mind and heart to challenge orthodoxies that few in power have been willing to question,” Marshall said.

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Transportation Center names new advisors

New members have joined the Transportation Center’s Business Advisory Committee since the beginning of the academic year.

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Construction update

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SCENE ON CAMPUS: Construction is underway on the foundation of the new Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center. The building site is bounded by Fairbanks Court, Superior and Huron Streets and Prentice Women's Hospital. Plans include nine lab floors with offices, a ground floor campus center and two floors below grade for a vivarium and mechanical rooms.

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It’s time to nominate staff members for Employee of the Year awards. Qualifications and nomination form are online at www.northwestern.edu/hr/development/Service%20Rec.htm.
Nominations will be accepted through Jan. 24.

Finalists and longtime service staff will be honored at the annual service recognition luncheon April 9 at the Drake Hotel in Chicago.

For more information, contact Judy Mitchell at (847) 491-7509 or j-mitchell@northwestern.edu.

The first Health and Wellness Fair on the Chicago campus will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 28) in the Law School Atrium.

The fair will offer free massages, healthy snacks and blood pressure checks. It also will feature resources on nutrition, fitness, mental health, sleep, children and family, self-defense, physical therapy, cancer, heart health, reproduction, spirituality, relationship violence, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health.

The fair is free and open to the public. For more information, call (312) 503-3401.

Sixteen units undergo program review this year

Death penalty history made at Northwestern

Program to track non-immigrant students will link with INS

Transportation Center names new advisors

Construction update

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Recent grants top $17M

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