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Petoskey's Tannery Creek healthy - and students would like to see it stay that way
The verdict is in: Tannery Creek is a pretty healthy creek, and University of Michigan graduate students would like to keep it that way. The graduate students, who are in the University of Michigan's Department of Natural Resources and Environment,...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Conservation, Natural Resource Industry
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Love of Chicago history fuels Paul Durica
The first time I met Paul Durica, he was Ben Reitman. This was a few summers ago at the annual Bughouse Square Debates, held by the Newberry Library in the small Washington Square Park across the street and celebrating the bygone era when that park...
Tags: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, World War II (1939-1945), Literature, Television Industry, Arts and Culture
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Coming Together in Skokie festival features authors
For six weeks beginning Sunday, Skokie becomes a cradle of civilization as its fourth annual Coming Together in Skokie festival focuses on Greek culture. Local libraries, schools, colleges, museums, churches and other locations will host cultural events...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Students, Culture
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Do soaps with triclosan do more harm than good?
If co-workers and family members are coming down with infections this winter, you may be tempted to turn to an anti-bacterial soap for protection. But some scientists are increasingly concerned that a common anti-bacterial ingredient called triclosan...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, BPA Contamination and Investigations, Environmental Politics, Conservation, GlaxoSmithKline PLC
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Applying a steady hand as 'private-sector' colleges face scrutiny
Daniel Hamburger is quick to whip out his business card. One side of the card is standard — white background, corporate logo, contact information for the headquarters in Downers Grove. The flip side is dramatic, painted ripe-tomato red with...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, General Electric Company, Stock Market, Medical Specialization, U.S. Congress
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Harris: Design for developing nations developing at IIT
Chicago architect Ann Clark is designing a boarding school that will sit in a saddle-shaped field of mostly beans in Grand-Bois, Haiti. Among the challenges: One side of the field slopes more than 25 degrees, and getting there is rougher than white-...
Tags: Illinois Institute of Technology, Hispaniola, Oprah Winfrey, Hospitals and Clinics, Haiti
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Setting an online example in educating women
The United States is leading a revolution in higher education. With the advent of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, U.S. universities will be increasingly exporting hundreds of college-level classes every year to the rest of the world. The...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Teaching and Learning, University of Pennsylvania, Culture, Social Sciences
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Vaccination schedule for children is safe, study says
The recommended schedule of vaccines for children is safe and has done much to dramatically lower the incidence of devastating illnesses, according to a new national scientific study that was partly led by a Northwestern University professor....
Tags: Health, Autism, Lupus, National Government, Pediatrics
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Bronzeville among city sites seeking Obama library
The site where Michael Reese Hospital once stood isn't much to look at, just a 37-acre swath of overgrown land in Bronzeville, behind a shoddy chain-link fence. Developers are itching to build a casino or perhaps a sports entertainment complex on the...
Tags: Southern Methodist University, U.S. Congress, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama
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We the People event
I am the district coordinator for the "We the People" program, the purpose of which is to promote the teaching of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in our area school systems. I was responsible for organizing a Regional Simulated Hearing for "We...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Justice System, Yale University, Colleges and Universities
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William John Miller, M.D., 90
William John Miller, M.D., 90 years old, died Dec. 27, 2012, at Hiland Cottage in Petoskey. He was born Sept. 10, 1922, in Detroit, to Herman and Helen (Heinrich) Miller. William graduated from Cooley High School in Detroit, and then worked at Western...Tags: Ford Motor Co., Entertainment, Radio, Annapolis, Colleges and Universities
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Harlem Quartet strings together old and new music
Musical and cultural diversity are at the heart of what the Harlem Quartet is all about. The string ensemble brings an eclectic program to Columbia when it performs for the Candlelight Concert Society series on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m., at Howard...
Tags: Michelle Obama, Itzhak Perlman, Entertainment, Manhattan (New York City), Music Industry
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|Story| Petoskey News
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|Column| Chicago Tribune
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