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| June 3, 2004 |
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Adams receives Nemmers Prize in Musical CompositionThe School of Music yesterday (June 2) announced that John Adams is the inaugural winner of the $100,000 Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Musical Composition. The biennial award honors classical music composers of outstanding achievement. |
Redesigned Facilities Management Web site to aid serviceFacilities Management has launched a redesigned Web site that officials hope will help make the large department more user-friendly to those who rely on its services. $11M grant funds lung injury researchThe University has received an $11 million Program Project Grant (PPG) from the National Institutes of Health to define the mechanisms that cause changes in the alveolar epithelium during lung injury. Commencement will be WebcastThe June 18 commencement ceremony will be Webcast, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Chicago childcare center guarantees spots for Northwestern familiesThe childcare center scheduled to open near the Chicago campus in early 2005 will provide guaranteed spaces for Northwestern families. Cancer walk is June 6The 11th Annual Cancer Survivors’ Celebration and Walk will be held at 8 a.m. Sunday (June 6) at Grant Park (corner of Columbus and Balbo drives) in Chicago. Summer exhibits show tribal masks, explore moving imagesIT newsThe International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR), a branch of Information Technology, is playing a key role in a major international network project involving the United States, Russia and China. Briefs
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Faculty honorsReginald Gibbons and Ishwar Radhakrishnan Six receive NSF Early Career awardsSix faculty members have received Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation. Graduate School honors three with Ver Steeg awardsTwo Graduate School faculty members — Tracy C. Davis, professor of theatre and English and director of the Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre and Drama, and James A. Brown professor of anthropology — have been awarded the Clarence L. Ver Steeg Graduate Faculty Award. Northwestern joins Irish research team to study light propertiesThe Materials Research Institute (MRI) and the National Microelectronic Research Center (NMRC) at the University College in Cork, Ireland, have embarked on the first U.S.-European research collaboration in fundamental photonics (the study of light properties).
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