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    Dec 11, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Adler Planetarium names Michelle Larson new president

    Michelle Larson's faculty page at Utah State University displays a picture of her cozying up to a bust of Albert Einstein. Lego Albert Einstein.
    Michelle Larson's faculty page at Utah State University displays a picture of her cozying up to a bust of Albert Einstein. Lego Albert Einstein. That combination, science with a populist face, is a pretty fair summation of what she'll have to bring...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Museums, Research, Applied Physics

    2. Sep 12, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Retiring Field Museum, Adler Planetarium presidents give their final thoughts

    This autumn and early winter will see the biggest change in Chicago's Museum Campus since Lake Shore Drive took a hard swing to the west to create the parkland connection of cultural institutions 14 years ago.
    This autumn and early winter will see the biggest change in Chicago's Museum Campus since Lake Shore Drive took a hard swing to the west to create the parkland connection of cultural institutions 14 years ago. This time, though, the alteration is not one...

    Tags: Wrigley Field, Biology, Arts and Culture, Space Programs, Museums

    3. Apr 13, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. 'Change agent' for the Field Museum

    In choosing controversial former University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere as its likely next chief executive, the Field Museum has opted for a "change agent," according to the man hiring him, and a "gentleman with elbows," according to one of the references the Field received about the scholar and veteran university administrator.
    In choosing controversial former University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere as its likely next chief executive, the Field Museum has opted for a "change agent," according to the man hiring him, and a "gentleman with elbows," according to one of...

    Tags: Steve Johnson, Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Museums, University of Kansas

    4. Nov 11, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Two months after world triathlon title, Verzbicas finds his calling

    In a moment of triumph, Lukas Verzbicas began to have doubts about his decision to abandon triathlon and become a runner at the University of Oregon.
    In a moment of triumph, Lukas Verzbicas began to have doubts about his decision to abandon triathlon and become a runner at the University of Oregon. Verzbicas started to think his gold medal at September's World Junior Triathlon Championships looked...

    Tags: Schools, Colleges and Universities, Pacific-12 Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Health

    5. Apr 16, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call

  5. Perfect timing for Oregon feces to hit fan

    Eagles Insiders
    Everyone walking into the Philadelphia Eagles' NovaCare Complex on Tuesday was hit with a blast of fertilizer fumes, presumably due to the grounds crew doing some extensive landscaping all around the premises. But you had to wonder if some of......
    6. Jan 28, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  6. New Orange security director oversaw campus police expansion

    Sentinel School Zone - Orlando Sentinel
    Orange schools have hired a new director of school safety and security, a position that will be at the heart of the district's response to Orange County mayors and police chiefs, who have been pushing for a larger role in school security planning over the...
    7. May 16, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  7. 3 Ways to Slim Down for Summer

    Health
    The dreaded bathing suit season is upon us. I don't know about you, but bathing suits make me think of one thing: my muffin top, and not the edible kind. If you have a muffin top of your own that you wish to lose, use these tricks. Sleep when it’s.....
    8. Mar 22, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Getty gets NEH grant to organize huge contemporary art archive

    Culture Monster
    The Getty Research Institute has received a $230,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant to help it organize a huge archive on modern and contemporary art that it acquired last summer. The NEH announced $17 million in grants, including $1.4...
    9. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  9. Ashland Daily Tidings, Ore., Vickie Aldous column

    Ashland Daily Tidings, Ore.
    Ashland High School student William Crowley still remembers the feeling he got from the first public showing of his art in town. "Getting my work out in the community was a really good feeling. It gave me confidence to pursue my art," he said. "I wanted...

    Tags: Schools, Artists, Arts and Culture, High Schools, Fine Artists

    10. May 8, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  10. Alumni of Distinction honored for career, personal accomplishments

    The Peninsula Gateway (Gig Harbor, Wash.)
    The Gig Harbor community comes together each year to recognize former Peninsula School District students who have distinguished themselves since they graduated from Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools through the Alumni of Distinction program. The...

    Tags: Human Accomplishments, Colleges and Universities, Cross Country Running, Diseases and Illnesses, High School Sports

    11. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  11. Stanford study says MRI scans can predict outcome of math tutoring

    San Jose Mercury News
    When it comes to math, MRIs may be better than IQs -- and even past math scores -- at showing whether a tutor can help a child master everything from trapezoids to trigonometry. A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine says that the...

    Tags: Mathematics, Science and Technology, Research, Stanford University, Medical Research

    12. Apr 29, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  12. A conversation win Bremerton's Lane Dowell

    Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, Wash.
    Years ago, it was one of the most popular sports in the United States, but track and field, or FIELD and track, as Bremerton's Lane Dowell likes to call it, seems to have lost some of its luster. Unless it's an Olympic year, the sport flies under the...

    Tags: Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, High School Sports, Prefontaine Classic, Trials, Track and Field

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