Purple Proud

Tampoco es cuestion de ser solo amarillista. Aca va el update de la situacion con el meil del presi,

During the controversy over the recent incident connected with a psychology class, someone shared with me the following quote from Robert Frost: “Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” As we deal with last week’s events, we should keep that in mind while also remembering all that makes us Northwestern.

On Saturday at Dance Marathon I got to watch more than a thousand sweaty, happy and very tired students raise nearly a million dollars to benefit the Children’s Heart Foundation and the Evanston Community Foundation. I had the honor of speaking to them and pointed out that they personify some of the finest values of our University -- dedication, perseverance and service.

I met Friday with a recent graduate, Samir Mayekar, who just received a prestigious Soros Fellowship, making him the latest of our students to win a highly competitive national scholarship.

I also learned of the significant research breakthrough by Jack Kessler, the Davee Professor of Stem Cell Biology, that transforms stem cells into a type of neuron that dies early in Alzheimer’s, one of the most horrific diseases of our time.

Today, we will welcome Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to speak at the Law School.

Those activities, and the many other wonderful things that occur each and every day at Northwestern, aren't likely to attract the same amount of media coverage that the recent incident has. But they define who we are.

Our University is one of the finest in the world. That’s a fact. Controversy attends all universities, including ours.  That, alas, is another fact.  And when it does occur, there will be disagreement on how the University should respond, even among the most thoughtful of our more than 250,000 students, parents, faculty, staff and alumni. I’m confident, however, in our ability to work through this situation, guided, as we must be, by the light of reason.

Some 150 years ago, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president after winning an election in which he was backed by John Evans and other Northwestern founders. In his inaugural address, he said, “Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.” I’ve learned quickly the deep affection that members of the Northwestern community have for the University and why it is so well-deserved.

I share that affection. Today, I am as proud as ever to wear Northwestern purple, and I thank all of you who care so deeply about our University.

Economia en Northwestern!

No solo de premios Nobel vive Northwestern,

• Esto que aparece en La Nacion de hoy, efectivamente ocurrio esta semana en mi uni. Este es el email que nos envio el Presidente de Northwestern hoy
• Este nefasto ranking de los mejores tenistas de la historia, que tambien figuro en los diarios argentos, tambien es producto de mi universidad 

Departamentos de Psicologia e Ingenieria. Vamos muchachos... pilas que necesitamos mas nobeles.