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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Zeytinoglu: Malalas peace prize is premature

Zeytinoglu: Malala’s peace prize is premature

October 15, 2014

Recent news has caused an array of feelings that can be roughly described as worrying, traumatic and disheartening all at the same time: ISIS is increasing pressure in Kobani, Syria. Protests are escalating...

A memorial service for Prof. Dale Mortensen was held Friday at Alice Millar Chapel. Mortensen was a Northwestern economics professor and recent Nobel laureate.

Northwestern remembers economics professor Dale Mortensen in memorial service

February 2, 2014

Friends and economists from around the world gathered Friday morning to remember Prof. Dale Mortensen as a pioneer in labor economics and a proud Northwestern faculty member.  Mortensen, a Nobel laureate...

Folmsbee: Consider a (terrible) career in science

Folmsbee: Consider a (terrible) career in science

January 27, 2014

Science sucks. Specifically, a professional career in science is shockingly terrible. Of course, I would never disparage the scientific method, which is inarguably humanity’s greatest invention. But...

Northwestern economics Prof. Dale Mortensen died Thursday morning at age 74. Mortensen was a macroeconomist and a 2010 Nobel laureate.

Northwestern prof, Nobel laureate Dale Mortensen dies at 74

January 9, 2014

Friends of Dale Mortensen, a Northwestern professor and Nobel laureate, remembered him Thursday as a revolutionary economist and a dedicated family man. When Mortensen won the Nobel Prize in economics in...

Muller: Nobel in Economics embraces uncertainty

Muller: Nobel in Economics embraces uncertainty

October 16, 2013

Almost 2,500 years ago, a man named Socrates said “the only thing I know is that I know nothing.” Records are surprisingly empty in detailing the response elicited from his friends, who must have...

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