October 21, 2004

Northwestern people, events and things; The digest

Block curator joins film jury / Will Schmenner, assistant curator of film for the Block Museum of Art, will be casting votes this month for the best short films at the Chicago International Film Festival, which closes today (Oct. 21). Schmenner and two other jurors will select the best narrative, experimental, animation and documentary shorts in the professional and student categories, as well as the Golden Hugos for best overall short film and best student short film. See the list of winners, honored Oct. 17, at www.chicagofilmfestival.org.

Kellogg begins recruiting for Latin America MBA / The Kellogg School of Management is expanding the reach of its global network to Latin America-based executives. The Kellogg Executive MBA-Latin America program, based in Miami, will enroll its first class in October 2005 and serve mid-career and senior-level executives living or working in Mexico, South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

Ohio State upset named ESPN ‘Instant Classic’ / The ESPN2 telecast (Oct. 2) of Northwest-ern’s 33-27 overtime victory over then-No. 7 Ohio State was the network’s most-viewed college football telecast ever, averaging 2,028,000 households and a 2.3 rating. It also was the fifth most-viewed program (behind last year’s four Major League Baseball playoff telecasts) and second highest-rated college football telecast in the 11-year history of the network. The game also was deemed an “ESPN Instant Classic” and re-aired a week later on ESPN Classic.

nuCuisine’s free meal offer is running out / Tomorrow (Oct. 22) is the last day to redeem nuCusine coupons for free food and beverages. The coupons were distributed via campus mail and regular mail to nearly 11,500 Northwestern faculty and staff members and graduate students earlier this month. The six coupons can be individually redeemed at nuCusine locations on the Evanston campus as specified on each coupon.

Lurie Center hosts Tour of Hope rally / The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University co-sponsored recently a free outdoor health festival and rally to welcome cancer survivor and six-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope Team to Chicago.

Chicago White Sox left fielder Carlos Lee was on hand to represent the team and exchange jerseys with Armstrong at the event on State Street, across from Marshall Field’s. Armstrong and the Tour of Hope Team of 20 cyclists, who were chosen from the cancer community, biked across the United States to raise public awareness about the importance of cancer research.