All Library News

2010

• D.J. Hoek Selected 2010-11 Kaplan Institute Fellow
  Friday 30th of April 2010
  D.J. Hoek has been named the Alice Berline Kaplan Institute Library Fellow for 2010-11.
• United merger decision nearing - Continental directors to review plan; Chicago carrier narrows net loss
  Thursday 29th of April 2010
  Continental Airlines' board of directors is meeting Wednesday to review a potential merger with United Airlines.
• Stranded at the Station: Mapping the Transit Funding Crisis
  Thursday 29th of April 2010
  Transit map documents US transit agencies cuts during the last two years.
• Take a Look at a Book
  Thursday 29th of April 2010
  The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History, by Jason Vuic
• Corporate Flight against Cancer
  Thursday 29th of April 2010
  Cancer patients and their families receive free flights and services from coporate privates.
• Google Public Data Explorer
  Friday 23rd of April 2010
  Google public data is incredible
• The Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Sound
  Tuesday 20th of April 2010
  Take time out to learn about one of the world's great symphony orchestras through its recording history.
• Earth Day is Every Day at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
  Monday 19th of April 2010
  On the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day we can celebrate and look with wonder at the Earth in detailed ways most had not imagined b
• Celebrate the Census!!!
  Monday 19th of April 2010
  GovInfo is holding a new exhibit for Spring quarter in the reading room now on Census.
• Pulitzer Prize and Transportation
  Friday 16th of April 2010
  Matt Richtel wins the prize. Great Job!
• $5 billion in state road construction set to begin
  Friday 16th of April 2010
  A road construction season that's being called the biggest in state history (less potholes).
• Iranian Women in the Air:
  Friday 16th of April 2010
  The Dynamic role of Iranian female flight attendants in "Lifting the Veil on IranAir FAs" by Sebastian Schmitz
• Potholes
  Friday 16th of April 2010
  Potholes are a serious business in Chicago, but just how serious?
• A look at Unusual Airports
  Friday 16th of April 2010
  poulation mechanics
• Take a Look at a Book
  Friday 16th of April 2010
  Railroads in the African-American Experience: A Photographic Journey, by Theodore Kornweibel, Jr.
• Census Participation. It's ON!
  Wednesday 14th of April 2010
  As the US Census Bureau boldly encourages citizens to, "Go head-to-head with neighboring cities or towns..."
• Rape of a Nation
  Monday 12th of April 2010
  The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to the deadliest war in the world today.
• America's Story from America's Library
  Tuesday 6th of April 2010
  Do you know how old Duke Ellington was when he wrote his first song?
• Spring Hours
  Monday 5th of April 2010
  Spring Hours
• "New" Ravel Work to be Premiered April 15
  Monday 5th of April 2010
  NU Library and the Bienen School of Music will present the world premiere performance of an unpublished work by Ravel.