Evanston
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Oakton receives grant to fund nanotechnology educationMay 22, 2013 11:10 am - Oakton Community College has received a $374,279 grant from the National Science Foundation to educate college and high school students in the emerging field of nanotech...
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Oakton board seats new officersMay 21, 2013 5:50 am - The Oakton Community College board of trustees seated new members and officers for 2013-14 earlier this month. Joan W. DiLeonardi, of Des Plaines, who was re-elected for...
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Goranson aims to get it going at OaktonMay 20, 2013 5:54 pm - A familiar name in local softball circles is taking over the reins of the Oakton College softball program. Jim Goranson, the only father who has had two daughters serve ...
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Big Ten announces 2014 conference football scheduleMay 16, 2013 12:00 pm - The Big Ten has released its conference schedule for the 2014 season. Penn State travels to Rutgers to open conference play on Sept. 13, 2014. The game will be the Scarl...
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Northwestern sees record number of applicantsMay 15, 2013 4:00 pm - Officials at Northwestern University in Evanston say they received a record number of applicants for fall admission, with nearly 33,000 students applying. The surge in a...
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Prazuch, St. Viator stroll by Notre Dame in ESCC finaleMay 15, 2013 3:58 pm - Matt Prazuch likes to take a walk. So much so that he took 5 of them Wednesday. And his last one was the best of all. It came with two outs and the bases loaded in the t...
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Life not the same for Hoffman mother as GiGi's Playhouse expandsMay 13, 2013 5:00 am - Mother's Day was never quite the same for Nancy Gianni after she gave birth to her daughter GiGi, who had Down syndrome. Then again, why should it be? The little girl in...
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Northwestern giving Napoleon’s brother’s letter to FranceMay 10, 2013 4:04 pm - Special delivery from Northwestern University to France: A letter from Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother. In a news release, the university announced Friday it will hand ove...
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Northwestern-area bar shuts doors to IlliniMay 02, 2013 4:03 pm - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The University of Illinois’ plans to have coaches and others court fans at a bar near Northwestern’s campus have been called off after Wildcats fans ob...
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State IHSA bass fishing championship postponedMay 01, 2013 11:00 am - The Illinois High School Association has announced that the 2013 IHSA Bass Fishing State Final Tournament, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 3-4 at Carlyle Lake in...