Medical school gets new name
The name Chicago Medical School on thousands of doctors' diplomas will become an artifact of history on Tuesday as the school, seeking to burnish its image, changes its name to...
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Tribune archive: Author is ripped for transsexual research
With his book bearing a provocative title and suggestive dust jacket photo--which features decidedly masculine legs wearing high heels--Northwestern University psychology professor J. Michael Bailey knew his latest work would...
Music pirate hunt turns to Loyola
Preparing more lawsuits to fight music piracy, the recording industry has subpoenaed records from Loyola University Chicago seeking the names of students suspected of offering copyrighted songs over the school's...
`It felt like an avalanche’
One moment, they were sipping beer and cocktails on a Lincoln Park porch on a summer night--dozens of people in their 20s shining with promise. The next moment, the floor...
Race plays smaller role in U. of I. admissions
Like many selective universities today, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign considers race in admitting students, a practice that could be affected by a much-anticipated ruling by the U.S. Supreme...
Boy lost by DCFS is found
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has searched four years for Shalis Gama, a mother who fled with her son to prevent the state from taking the boy...
High court case reopens affirmative action debate
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday takes up the thorny issue of affirmative action in oral arguments that will be closely watched by the 300 universities, corporations and advocacy groups...
1-rate college tuition gaining
Students at the state's nine public universities would pay annual tuition at a fixed rate for all four years of college without threat of an increase under a measure that...
NU OKs settlement in federal grant case
Northwestern University agreed Thursday to pay $5.5 million to settle allegations that over a six-year period the university misled the U.S. government into overpaying grant money awarded to the school....
Deal lets NPR-affiliate WBEZ run Loyola station
(The headline as published has been corrected in this text.) In the face of faculty and some student opposition, Loyola University and WBEZ-FM 91.5 have reached a tentative agreement to...