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Several Northwestern professors are piloting Canvas, a learning management system, in their classes this quarter. The system is one potential replacement for Blackboard, which NU has used since 1999.

Northwestern profs pilot potential Blackboard replacement

November 5, 2013

Northwestern has established a program piloting potential replacements for Blackboard, its course management system since 1999. In Fall 2012, NU’s Education Technology Advisory Committee discussed...

Kaplan survey: Admissions officers expect new MCAT to be tougher on students

October 28, 2013

Northwestern students taking the Medical College Admission Test in 2015 may want to start studying soon. More than 40 percent of medical school admissions officers expect the new version of the MCAT...

Israeli philosopher Moshe Halbertal speaks to students Wednesday night in Harris Hall. Halbertal is a professor at New York University and Hebrew University.

Israeli intellectual Moshe Halbertal delivers annual Crown lecture

October 23, 2013

Noted Israeli professor, philosopher and intellectual Moshe Halbertal spoke to a packed house of Northwestern students and faculty and Evanston residents Wednesday night as part of the Renee and Lester...

Middlebury College Dean Shirley Collado speaks Tuesday night at the Women’s Center about inclusion within communities. Collado’s keynote kicked off the center’s 2013-14 programming schedule.

Middlebury dean calls for revamping of diversity efforts

October 22, 2013

Middlebury College Dean Shirley Collado said Tuesday night that American colleges and universities have been focusing on all the wrong things to promote diversity in higher education. Collado's talk...

Sophomores chosen for Alumnae STEM scholarship

October 11, 2013

Four students studying STEM fields were selected to receive an annual scholarship from The Alumnae of Northwestern University, the volunteer organization announced Wednesday. The scholarship, awarded...

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