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Study: Most children in alcohol-related crashes riding with impaired drivers

May 7, 2014

Children who are killed in car accidents involving a drunk driver are more likely to be riding in the car with the impaired driver, a Northwestern researcher's study concluded. In a study published...

ASG moving forward with 3+E proposal

May 5, 2014

Student leaders are preparing to present Northwestern administrators with feedback they gathered on implementing a plan to allow students to earn academic credit for certain extracurricular activities. One...

Northwestern researchers develop environmentally friendly solar cell

May 5, 2014

Northwestern researchers are developing a new inexpensive and environmentally friendly solar cell model that uses tin instead of lead to harvest light. Chemistry Prof. Mercouri Kanatzidis is heading...

Conner VanderBeek

Bienen-Weinberg senior wins Beinecke Scholarship

May 5, 2014

A Bienen-Weinberg senior has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship to finance part of his graduate studies for his academic and music accomplishments. Conner VanderBeek, who is pursuing a dual degree...

 Jennifer Del Prete smiles minutes after being released from prison Wednesday afternoon more than 10 years before her scheduled parole. Del Prete’s first stop was Cracker Barrel for dinner with her daughter Tia (right), other members of her family and The Medill Justice Project.

Medill Justice Project celebrates Jennifer Del Prete’s release from prison

May 2, 2014

After about 10 years in prison, Jennifer Del Prete was all set to leave. Her family was waiting outside and ready to take her home. But when an officer told Del Prete there was a group on its way to...

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