Pandell, the special projects editor of The Daily Northwestern, the student newspaper of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

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In a paper just published in the journal Economic Theory, Donald Saari, a mathematician at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, claims to have got to the root of the problem.

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The chemistry prize went to Walter Kohn of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and John Pople of Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois.

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This, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in the high-tech corridor to the west of Chicago, and Northwestern University in nearby Evanston, together attract scientists from all over the world and, it is hoped, will help make the city a centre for nano- and other kinds of technology.

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It's unsurprising that the skyscraper holds such a fascination for contemporary artists, says David Van Zanten, a professor of architecture and urbanism at Northwestern University in Chicago's Evanston suburb.

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"It's a bit of a gamble to walk away from such an iconic event that has been such a big and critical part of their marketing program, " says Tim Calkins, a marketing professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Ill.

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