Northwestern University

Northwestern University (NU), the private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university with campuses located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago

Location

the United States; Illinois; Chicago; Evanston, Illinois

Website

http://www.northwestern.edu

Student Number

16,640; 16,377; 18,028

Births

Philip Farkas, Joe McKeown

Origin of

Purple Haze

Subsidiaries

Northwestern University Press

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_University

Founded

1851, Illinois

Slogan

"- Ho logos pleres charitos kai aletheias", "Ο Λόγος πλήρης χάριτος και αληθείας Ho logos pleres charitos kai aletheias", "Quaecumque sunt vera", "Quaecumque sunt vera (Latin)"

Owner of

Ryan Field, Patten Gymnasium

Coordinates

42°03'17.47"N, 42°03'17"N, 87°40'026.2"W, 87°40'26"W

Colour

purple, white

President

Morton O. Schapiro

Alumni

▶ Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, Stephen Colbert, Zach Braff, David Schwimmer,  …

Charlton Heston, Cloris Leachman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Judith A. Sprieser, Robert Hanssen, Warren Beatty, Jerry Springer, Jeri Ryan, John Paul Stevens, Laura Linney, Seth Meyers, Nicole Sullivan, Mike Adamle, Marg Helgenberger, Clancy Brown, Dermot Mulroney, Noah Wyle, George McGovern, Clinton Kelly, Robert Knepper, Sidney Sheldon, Kristen Schaal, Paul Lynde, Anne Dudek, Jim Jarmusch, William Daniels, Stephanie March, Josh Meyers, Jerry Orbach, Andrew Bird, Patricia Neal, Joshua Radin, Alycia Lane, Kimberly Page, Karen Black, Daphne Reid, Saul Bellow, Michael Weston, Kimberly Williams, McLean Stevenson, Jack Wrangler, Susan Buffett, Rachael Yamagata, Jeffrey Hunter, Kathryn Hahn, Rachel Nichols, Craig Bierko, Samantha Harris, Roxana Saberi, Joe Girardi, Heather Headley, Michael Wilbon, Ana Gasteyer, Mike Greenberg, John Cameron Mitchell, Zach Gilford, Brad Hall, Fred Williamson, Laura Innes, Garry Marshall, Mamie Gummer, Richard Kind, Jane Skinner, Harry J. Lennix, Brent Musburger, Mary Frann, Dick Gephardt, Erin Cardillo, Patti Solis Doyle, Bruno Campos, Christopher George Kennedy, Paula Prentiss, Claude Akins, J.P. Manoux, Virginia Satir, David Boies, John H. Johnson, Kelly O'Donnell, Craig Sager, Warren Spector, Peter George Peterson, James Keach, John Meriwether, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Otto Graham, Richard Benjamin, James R. Thompson, Teddy Dunn, Denis O'Hare, Mara Brock Akil, Adam Schefter, Jennie Elizabeth Eisenhower, Bob Greene, Alice Palmer, John Lehr, Stephen Hunter, James Hal Cone, Janet Jagan, Debi Thomas, Juan Cole, Otto Kerner, Nicole Lapin, William Butler, George Stigler, Todd Martin, Meghan Markle, Amanda Congdon, Lauren Stamile, Paul Dana, Michelle Kosinski, Sherry Lansing, Luis Castillo, Jim Kolbe, John Hoeven, Gregg Easterbrook, Agnes Nixon, Jaime Ray Newman, Erwin Chemerinsky, Douglas Kmiec, Nicolle Devenish, Steve Preston, Luke Donald, Pat Fitzgerald, Elwyn Tinklenberg, Alvin Schwartz, J. A. Adande, Lydia Clarke, Inga Swenson, Steve Tasker, Judy Baar Topinka, John Logan, Daryl Morey, Vinita Nair, Sharif Atkins, George Furth, Amalie Benjamin, Howard Hanson, Alina Cho, Jeff Jarvis, Aleksandar Hemon, David Ives, Chester Gould, Rob Benedict, Anucha Browne Sanders, Martha Hyer, Kevin Blackistone, Brett Basanez, Clyde Kusatsu, Robert R. McCormick, Lea Fastow, Marge Piercy, Felicia Taylor, Lester Crown, David Sirota, Don Francis, Napoleon Harris, Brian d'Arcy James, Dale Bumpers, George Ball, Jonathan Turley, Michael Isikoff, Michael Hitchcock, Nancy Kyes, Joan Lefkow, Joseph Tainter, Rex Ingram, Robert Olen Butler, Steve Kagen, Rocky Wirtz, Judy Biggert, R. J. Rummel, Gary Kroeger, Jacque Reid, Darnell Autry, Lily Rabe, James Olson, Daniel H. Pink, Lee Phillip Bell, J. Gordon Melton, Rikki Klieman, Armando Riesco, Dan Lipinski, Margaret Walker, Rich Skrenta, Graham Spanier, Gary Kremen, James Deering, Joseph Staten, Ingvar Carlsson, Robert McHenry, David Asman, Mandy Stadtmiller, Noah Herron, Newton N. Minow, Glenn Loury

Employees

▶ Jürgen Habermas, Hannah Arendt, Bernardine Dohrn, Charles Taylor, William Kennedy Smith,  …

Alice Palmer, Garry Wills, Mary Douglas, Frederic Mishkin, Roger Myerson, John Pople, Samuel K. Skinner, Arthur Butz, Laura Kipnis, Melville J. Herskovits, Walter Dill Scott, Robert J. Gordon, Erich Heller, Charles Moskos, Henry Bienen, David Hull, Stuart M. Kaminsky, James Fraser Stoddart, Robert Lee Moore, Don E. Schultz, E. H. Moore, Jacquelyn Mayer, Roy Wagner, Rex Martin, Meredith Jung-En Woo, Tobin J. Marks, Errol Harris, L. S. Stavrianos, Calvin Goddard, Zdeněk Bažant, V. Craig Jordan, Mark Ratner, Henry Babcock Veatch, Allen Taflove, Charles C. Ragin, James Lindgren, Dorothy Roberts, Jennifer Richeson, Michael Mingos, John Daniel Wild, Erastus Otis Haven, William A. Earle, Mark Pinsky, David Petrarca, Leon Forrest, David William Cohen, Chia-Wei Woo, Randolph Sinks Foster, Samuel Todes, Henry Wade Rogers, Hans Egon Holthusen, Ken Forbus, Howard Taylor Ricketts, James M. Edie, Donald John Roberts, Ernst Hellinger, Curtis Hidden Page, William Revelle, Stuart Struever, Baker Brownell, Robert J. Weber, Dean Ho, Toshio Mura, Alfred Irving Hallowell, Charles Henry Fowler, Pamela Cytrynbaum, Paul Arthur Schilpp, Clark T. Hinman, Henry S. Noyes, Michele Weldon, Abram W. Harris, Oliver Marcy, Edgar Frisby

Pupils

▶ Rahm Emanuel, Zooey Deschanel, Rod Blagojevich, Stephen Colbert, Zach Braff,  …

David Schwimmer, Charlton Heston, Cloris Leachman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Judith A. Sprieser, Robert Hanssen, Warren Beatty, Jerry Springer, Jeri Ryan, Seth Meyers, Nicole Sullivan, Mike Adamle, Marg Helgenberger, Clancy Brown, Dermot Mulroney, Noah Wyle, George McGovern, Clinton Kelly, Sidney Sheldon, Paul Lynde, Jim Jarmusch, William Daniels, Stephanie March, Josh Meyers, Jerry Orbach, Patricia Neal, Joshua Radin, Alycia Lane, Karen Black, Daphne Reid, Michael Weston, Kimberly Williams, McLean Stevenson, Jack Wrangler, Susan Buffett, Jeffrey Hunter, Rachel Nichols, Craig Bierko, Samantha Harris, Roxana Saberi, Joe Girardi, Heather Headley, Michael Wilbon, Ana Gasteyer, Mike Greenberg, John Cameron Mitchell, Zach Gilford, Fred Williamson, Laura Innes, Garry Marshall, Richard Kind, Harry J. Lennix, Mary Frann, Dick Gephardt, Christopher George Kennedy, Paula Prentiss, Claude Akins, J.P. Manoux, Virginia Satir, David Boies, John H. Johnson, Kelly O'Donnell, Craig Sager, Peter George Peterson, James Keach, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Otto Graham, Richard Benjamin, James R. Thompson, Teddy Dunn, Denis O'Hare, Mara Brock Akil, Adam Schefter, Jennie Elizabeth Eisenhower, Bob Greene, John Lehr, Stephen Hunter, James Hal Cone, Debi Thomas, Juan Cole, Otto Kerner, Nicole Lapin, William Butler, Todd Martin, Amanda Congdon, Lauren Stamile, Paul Dana, Michelle Kosinski, Sherry Lansing, Jim Kolbe, John Hoeven, Agnes Nixon, Jaime Ray Newman, Erwin Chemerinsky, Douglas Kmiec, Nicolle Devenish, Luke Donald, Elwyn Tinklenberg, J. A. Adande, Inga Swenson, Steve Tasker, Judy Baar Topinka, John Logan, Daryl Morey, Sharif Atkins, George Furth, Alina Cho, Jeff Jarvis, Chester Gould, Rob Benedict, Anucha Browne Sanders, Martha Hyer, Brett Basanez, Clyde Kusatsu, Marge Piercy, Felicia Taylor, David Sirota, Don Francis, Napoleon Harris, Brian d'Arcy James, Dale Bumpers, George Ball, Jonathan Turley, Michael Hitchcock, Nancy Kyes, Joan Lefkow, Rex Ingram, Steve Kagen, Judy Biggert, R. J. Rummel, Gary Kroeger, Jacque Reid, Darnell Autry, James Olson, J. Gordon Melton, Armando Riesco, Dan Lipinski, Margaret Walker, Rich Skrenta, Graham Spanier, Joseph Staten, Ingvar Carlsson, David Asman, Mandy Stadtmiller, Noah Herron, Newton N. Minow, Glenn Loury, Spencer Kayden, Johnnetta B. Cole, Charles W. Morris, Adam Przeworski, Luis Castillo, Charles Horace Mayo, Lynn Morley Martin, Steven Conrad, Irv Cross, Alan Weisman, Jeff Kwatinetz, Pat Ryan, Barry Cofield, Elisabeth Bumiller, Ileen Getz, Lisa Caputo, Harold Demsetz, Walter Kerr, Walter Wager, Peter Suber, Ryan Owens, Ivan Doig, Barbara Gittings, Trai Essex, Randy Barnett, Katherine Shindle, Lucille Benson, William Levi Dawson, Rick Telander, Paddy Driscoll, Evan Eschmeyer, Jason Wright, Jeff Roehl, Jenny Powers, Danny Rubin, Virginia Graham, Robert Edwin Lee, Chuti Tiu, Sander Vanocur, Neal Pollack, Adrian Karsten, Lynn Sweet, John Kidd, Eddie Einhorn, Chick Evans, Stewart Mandel, Jocelyn Burdick, Stuart M. Kaminsky

Funding

privately-funded university

Class

▶ academic institution, business, privately-funded university, awarding body, non-business organization,  …

university, geographical area, organisation, educational organisation

Responsibility of

northwestern.edu

Subjects

▶ advertisement, anthropology, communicating, educating, mathematics,  …

sociology, biological science, history, master's degree, drama, political science, Master of Business Administration, electrical engineer, Economics, television

Presenting Organisation of

Nemmers Prize in Mathematics

Related Websites

▶ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/northwestern_university/index.html, http://www.northwestern.edu/, http://www.nusports.com, http://www.stitchfashion.com, http://www.northbynorthwestern.com,  …

http://groups.northwestern.edu, http://www.chron.org, http://www.dailynorthwestern.com, http://www.alumni.northwestern.edu, http://www.northwestern.edu/about/facts, http://www.northwestern.edu/visiting/maps, http://www.library.northwestern.edu, http://www.ugamd.northwestern.edu

Freebase ID

"/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000013c0c9"

Open Calais URI

http://d.opencalais.com/er/company/ralg-tr1r/5a205efc-d8b0-3fee-95d8-6662d0122326

Former Students

Harrison Storms, Michael Greif, Matthew Lyle Spencer

OpenCyc ID

"Mx4rvWKLz5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"

DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Northwestern_University

Rare Terms

▶ "northwestern wildcats", "the tech", "the nwu", "nwu", "the undertones a cappella",  …

"undertones a cappella", "the integrated science program", "integrated science program", "the north western university", "the northwestern univ.", "northwestern univ.", "the northwestern u.", "northwestern u.", "the northwestern", "tech", "the wildcat", "wildcat", "the nu", "nu"

Postcode (zipcode)

"60208"

Freebase Primary MID

"/m/017j69"