March 11, 2004

Information systems upgrades to benefit entire University

The University has launched a comprehensive program to upgrade and enhance the administrative and research information systems that serve faculty, students, and staff in their teaching and research work.

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News

Doctor of audiology now offered

anechoic chamber
Doctor of audiology student Chris Hamilton records sound levels at the ear of a hearing research mannequin in preparation for a project examining environmental influence on ear-level hearing aid performance. The project will be conducted in the communication sciences and disorders department’s anechoic chamber (pictured) and involve older adults who are new hearing aid users. Results may have implications for future hearing aid design.
photo by Stephen Anzaldi


Northwestern’s doctor of audiology (AuD) degree program is the newest offering in the University’s world-recognized department of communication sciences and disorders.

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McCormick dean search re-opens

The search for a successor to John Birge as dean of the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science has been re-opened, it was announced by Provost Lawrence B. Dumas.

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Obituary: Michael M. Ravitch

Michael M. Ravitch, who stepped down as director of the office of medical education at the Feinberg School of Medicine six years ago, died Feb. 27 in his Evanston home.

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