Northwestern University

USC journalism school loses new leader after just two days

2013-04-30 16:08:00

The search for a new director of USC’s journalism school has taken a confusing turn after a Northwestern University professor accepted the job but then suddenly withdrew two days later. Douglas Foster’s reversal and decision not to head up...

Antronette Yancey dies at 55; advocate of short bursts of exercise

2013-04-25 15:06:00

For Dr. Antronette K. Yancey, a UCLA public health professor, exercise could be fun and done in short bursts in the workplace, schools and even places of worship. Her campaign to urge people to incorporate physical activity into their daily lives led to...

Leo Branton Jr. dies at 91; civil rights lawyer defended Angela Davis

2013-04-25 19:48:00

Leo Branton Jr., a civil rights and entertainment lawyer whose stirring defense of '60s radical Angela Davis brought him his most celebrated victory in a six-decade career often spent championing unpopular cases, died of natural causes Friday in Los...

Sam Jameson dies at 76; former longtime L.A. Times correspondent

2013-04-19 19:30:00

Sam Jameson, a former longtime Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent with a deep knowledge of and close personal affinity for Japan, his professional and personal base for half a century, died Friday at a Tokyo hospital. He was 76. The cause of...

Low-fat milk doesn't help toddlers' weight, study says UPDATED

2013-03-18 13:30:00

This post has been updated to include comments from a researcher and an American Heart Assn. spokeswoman. Giving toddlers skim or 1% milk to keep them from growing overweight doesn’t seem to work, according to a study out Monday that gives pause...

The 1% aren't like the rest of us

2013-03-22 00:00:00

Over the last two years, President Obama and Congress have put the country on track to reduce projected federal budget deficits by nearly $4 trillion. Yet when that process began, in early 2011, only about 12% of Americans in Gallup polls cited federal...

Sam Zell's wife donates $50 million to Michigan creative writing

2013-03-07 09:30:00

In my book, donating money to support creative writing programs is generally a good thing. But I'm -- hmm, let's call it conflicted -- over a $50-million donation to the University of Michigan's MFA program in creative writing from Helen Zell, wife of Sam...

USC women's lacrosse team debuts Saturday against Northwestern

2013-02-08 18:00:00

There will be big doings for USC athletics Saturday at the Coliseum. And no, Matt Barkley did not get another year of eligibility. This has to do with lacrosse, which brings to mind one of two things for most of us: a medium-sized city in Wisconsin or a...

George McGovern dies at 90; liberal standard-bearer against Nixon in '72

2012-10-21 08:01:00

George S. McGovern, an icon of American liberalism who campaigned for the White House with moral fervor against President Richard M. Nixon and the Vietnam War but lost in a thundering landslide, has died. He was 90. McGovern died Sunday morning while...

Karl Benjamin dies at 86; painter created colorful geometric works

2012-07-26 16:01:00

Karl Benjamin, a painter of dazzling geometric abstractions who established a national reputation in 1959 as one of four Los Angeles-based Abstract Classicists and created a highly acclaimed body of work that celebrates the glories of color in all its...

Eric Holder: U.S. can target citizens overseas in terror fight

2012-03-05 13:44:00

Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. defended the U.S. right to target and kill American citizens overseas in the war on terror, telling an audience at the Northwestern University law school that when those individuals pose a real threat to this country and...

Charles I. Schneider dies at 89; former Times Mirror executive

2012-04-17 00:00:00

Charles I. Schneider, a former president and board chairman of the Music Center Operating Co. who served as an executive with Times Mirror Co., died Sunday of age-related causes at his Beverly Hills home, his family said. He was 89. At the Music Center...

In his essay for the Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team scholarship application, Neil Sheth criticized Albert Einstein's decision to endorse the atomic bomb. Sheth believes scientists should focus on technology that benefits humankind, he later explained.

2013-05-02 00:00:00

Scott Beck's brain isn't the only instrument he uses to help him excel at math and science. Beck, a Highland Park High School senior, turns to the French horn to "kind of keep me balanced and keep me sane, and keep me going through the hard sciences.

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Gretchen Talbot has been appointed assistant dean of research and graduate studies at Northwestern University's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Talbot will have responsibility to enhance the college's research portfolio and improve support for graduate programs.

2013-04-22 11:40:00