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SESP News Bulletin | Northwestern University
January 2008 | Volume 5, Issue 1
Welcome to the School of Education and Social Policy e-mail newsletter for alumni and friends. We will keep you up to date on our SESP faculty, students and alumni as well as our research and programs. |
SESP Headlines
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Early Academic Skills, Not Behavior, Best Predict School Success
A large-scale educational study led by SESP professor Greg Duncan finds that children who enter kindergarten with basic mathematics and reading skills are the most likely to experience later academic success, whether or not they have socioemotional problems
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Alumna Daphne Whitington Wins National Teaching Award
Daphne Whitington (MS00) was surprised with a Milken National Educator award for $25,000 in honor of her innovative English teaching methods at a Chicago public high school.
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Center for Talent Development Starts New Program for Low-Income Students
A new project of SESP’s Center for Talent Development will provide enrichment and support to help gifted low- and moderate-income students reach their potential. Project BLAST targets students and their families in four Chicago-area school districts.
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Faculty/Student News
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Three Professors Receive Major W. T. Grant Foundation Awards
The William T. Grant Foundation awarded major research grants to SESP went to SESP professors Greg Duncan, Barton Hirsch and Larry Hedges for their research projects on how social settings affect youth.
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Dean Peterson’s Essay on ‘Nurturing Untapped Talent’ Appears in Education Week
As a member of the Education Deans Alliance, Dean Penelope Peterson presents an essay in the October 17 issue of Education Week about the Project Excite program, intended to help close the achievement gap in Evanston schools. Dean Peterson has recently been named to the Adler Planetarium Board of Trustees.
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NU-TEACH Students Compare Urban Teaching Drama with Real Life
Fifty beginning teachers from SESP’s NU-TEACH alternative certification program discussed urban teaching with actress Nilaja Sun after her performance of No Child at Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre
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Jon Marino Wins Fulbright to Study in Uganda
Recent SESP graduate Jonathon Marino (BS06) was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for a research project in Uganda, to begin in March.
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Alumni Update
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Robert Gundlach (MS72) Named Northwestern’s Interim Athletic Director
Robert Gundlach was named Northwestern's interim director of Athletics. Gundlach, who received his PhD from Northwestern in 1977, is founding director of Northwestern’s Writing Program and Northwestern's faculty Athletics representative to the NCAA.
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Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin (BS70) Explains Situation in Pakistan
Former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlin, who is now director of the Middle East Institute, analyzed the current situation in Pakistan for NewsHour on PBS..
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Inquiry Magazine Online Features ‘Adolescence’
See the latest issue of Inquiry magazine -- with the theme of “Adolescence” -- and share articles of interest with friends.
Find Inquiry here...
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Events
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Fay Lomax Cook Will Address Northwestern Alumni
Social Security policy will be the topic when Professor Fay Lomax Cook speaks to the alumni club in Sun City, Arizona, on January 26. She will also address alumni at A Day with Northwestern on April 19.
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Attend SESP Events
SESP events and activities are listed in the SESP Events Calendar...
Learn About Northwestern University Events
A complete listing of Northwestern University events can be found here...
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Contact SESP
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Tell Us Your News
Keep the School up to date about your life and career by sending your news to sespalums@northwestern.edu. Alumni news is published in Inquiry magazine.
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Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
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