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University creates special task force on campus securityThe University has created a special emergency task force made up of University Police, Student Affairs and Facilities Management to deal with the recent robberies and assaults on and off campus, President Henry S. Bienen announced last week. Importance of biology in chemical engineering spurs name changeThe department of chemical engineering has changed its name to the department of chemical and biological engineering to more accurately reflect the roles of both chemistry and biology in the department’s academic offerings and research. |
President’s statement on recent crimesAccidental discovery nets $25K prizeA few days after chemistry graduate student Rongchao Jin accidentally left a beaker of silver colloid out in the lab, he and colleagues Gabriella Métraux and Charles Cao realized that the yellow colloid had turned blue under the fluorescent lights. They then developed a method to synthesize the resulting silver nanoprisms, which exhibit unusual optical properties. Footloose runs through this weekendOne of the liveliest musicals to hit the silver screen will rock the live stage when Northwestern presents “Footloose.” University Singers, Women’s Choir kick off holidaysThe seven holiday concerts scheduled for late November and early December in Evanston will be a relaxing and welcome break from stressful seasonal shopping, wrapping and card writing.
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Faculty honorsNina Kraus, Rodney Ruoff and Augusta Read Thomas Newsfeed: Devah PagerDevah Pager, assistant professor of sociology and fellow of the Institute for Policy Research, discusses discrimination in hiring 'Suicide' enzymes may be missing Alzheimer’s linkNorthwestern researchers have found that caspases, a family of protein-cutting enzymes involved in programmed cell death (apoptosis), may be a missing link in the chain of molecular events leading to Alzheimer’s disease. |
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Board approves tenure, tenure-track faculty members |
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HR newsStaff profile: Kyle Pendleton
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