April 24, 2003

Grant funds new research center

Northwestern has received $5.65 million over five years from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to establish the multidisciplinary Center for Reproductive Research (CRR).

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News
 Staff Profile

Matthew Schauer

Manager of undergraduate admission services

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Debate team earns back-to-back national championships

Just as the Syracuse Orangemen clinched the NCAA basketball championship against the Kansas Jayhawks, the Northwestern Debate Team soared to victory over long-time rival Dartmouth College in the 57th Annual National Debate Tournament (NDT) in Atlanta.

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Take Our Daughters to Work attracts more than 300 girls

For the ninth consecutive year, Northwestern will observe Take Our Daughters to Work Day Thursday (April 24) on the Evanston and Chicago campuses.

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Notable lectures

Jonathan Alter, Aravinda Chakravarti and Richard J. Light

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Slave’s story comes to life in opera

The results of an extraordinary creative venture involving a celebrated African American composer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, a distinguished scholar of American history and an acclaimed opera director will be unveiled at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26, when T. J. Anderson presents his latest opera in a workshop production at Northwestern.

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