May 27, 2004

Looking to commencement

graduate at commencement
The 146th commencement exercises take place Friday, June 18 at Ryan Field.

Northwestern will award honorary degrees to seven distinguished individuals at its 146th annual commencement exercises Friday, June 18.

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College prep program gains popularity

When Writing Lecturer Charles Yarnoff teaches his “Reading and Writing Fiction” course during Northwestern’s summer session, he’s not only instructing college-age students.

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News

Washington Post writer wins Mongerson Prize

Howard Kurtz, media writer for The Washington Post, is the 2004 winner of the $10,000 Mongerson Prize for Investigative Reporting on the News, the Medill School of Journalism has announced.

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Newsday team receives Medill Medal for Courage

A Newsday reporter and photographer team have received the 2003 Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism and three graduates of the Medill School of Journalism were inducted into the school’s Hall of Achievement at a special ceremony last month in the McCormick Tribune Center Forum.

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Kaplan Center announces fellows

The Alice Berline Kaplan Center for the Humanities has announced fellows and affiliates for the 2004-05 academic year.

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students performing with orchestra
PLAYING WITH THE BAND
Nearly 1,000 participating Link-Up! Chicago Public School fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders from 14 schools visited Pick-Staiger Concert Hall last week for a special performance of Dvorák’s Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) by the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by music faculty member Robert Hasty and narrated by Rachel Sokolow, associate for School Partnerships at Carnegie Hall in New York, the concert was the culmination of a pilot six-week spring outreach and music education initiative based on Carnegie Hall’s LinkUp! program. Many of the youngsters brought their recorders so they could join the orchestra for the song “A Simple Melody.” This Chicago outreach effort is part of a collaboration between the School of Music, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, and the Ravinia Festival’s “One City, One Score” program.

 

    
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