Robert R. McCormick

Type: Person

Name: Robert R. McCormick

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

15th Anniversary Child Care Expo set for late Spring

A CHILD CARE BUSINESS Expo vendor explains its company’s services and how they can be of assistance to child care businesses.The 15th Anniversary Child Care Business Expo, presented by the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC), will be held on Saturday, ... [Published Chicago Crusader - May 24 2013]

Entities: Robert R. McCormick, Southwest Airlines, Teresa Gomez, Turner Construction Company, Deluxe Corporation

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

With a $60K grant, Futuro Media Group asks: “News or Noise?”

Using a $60,000 grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, the Futuro Media Group has added a segment to its NPR-distributed program Latino USA encouraging critical thinking about news coverage. Continue reading → ... [Published Current Online - May 23 2013]

Entities: Robert R. McCormick, United States

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Emergency Text Alerts Not Reaching Most People on UW Campuses

On March 5, University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Eric Cardinal was working the late shift at a Shell station near campus when he read a text alert from the university warning of a suspected shooter on the loose: “Police looking for Male/Black wearing ... [Published Greenfield Patch - May 11 2013]

Entities: emergency, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Investigative Journalism

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

The High Costs of Our Unquenchable Thirst for Oil

Medill study of U.S. energy security policy finds significant vulnerabilitiestext size AAAWASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a three-month investigation, a team of graduate student reporters from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated ... [Published Northwestern University - May 10 2013]

Entities: United States, Security, National Security, Initiative

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Emergency text alerts not reaching most people on University of Wisconsin campuses

_ In the wake of campus shootings the past five years, police throughout the nation are using text alerts to deliver warnings and advice to students in emergency situations.Only three of the University of Wisconsin Systems 13 four-year campuses Platteville, ... [Published Post Crescent - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: University of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, emergency

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

Feeding America

WGN Radio Neediest Kids Fund Launches New Spring Campaign Focusing on Youth & Education

/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With spring's arrival bringing the end of the school year closer, thousands of children across Chicagoland will soon be losing access to programs that are safe, nurturing, educational and fun. Statistics show three out of 10 ... [Published NewsBlaze - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Education, Robert R. McCormick, Feeding America, Chicago Public Schools

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Symposium to examine political mapmaking

A symposium on legislative and congressional redistricting will be conducted April 30 in Springfield.The one-day program is called ?Who holds the crayons? How other states draw legislative district lines,? and is hosted by the Paul Simon Public Policy ... [Published State Journal-Register - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: David Yepsen, Springfield (Illinois, United States), Cartography

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

News-literacy lessons teach students how to find fact amid fiction

Print: Apr 21, 2013Last Modfied: Apr 21, 2013WASHINGTON – When Ife Adelona saw a picture circulating on Twitter of singer Selena Gomez as an adult-magazine cover girl, the 17-year-old knew what she had to do.“I immediately went for a second source to ... [Published Japan Times - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: Alan Miller, Robert R. McCormick, Walt Whitman High School, Education, Montgomery Blair High School

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

Building better batteries

Students from Kellogg and McCormick took home the top prize at this year's Rice Business Plan Competition.Photo by Emily Baum ‘13 Kellogg and Northwestern students win Rice Business Plan Competition for tech startup4/19/2013 - The rapidly dwindling, slow-charging ... [Published Kellogg School of Management - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Kellogg Company, Battery, Business Plan

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

News literacy lessons in...

When Ife Adelona saw a picture circulating on Twitter of singer Selena Gomez as an adult magazine cover girl, the 17-year-old knew what she had to do.“I immediately went for a second source to make sure it wasn’t true,” Ife said.A quick Web search confirmed ... [Published Arab News - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Alan Miller, Robert R. McCormick, Walt Whitman High School, Montgomery Blair High School, Education

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

The Great Captains in American History

Madeleine and W.W. Keen Butcher History InstituteFirst Division Museum at Cantigny · a division of the Robert R. McCormick FoundationBuilding on our successful history weekend in 2012 on “Great Battles in American History,” this program will cover those ... [Published Foreign Policy Research Institute - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Robert R. McCormick, Jean Edward Smith, Peter Mansoor, Jim Lacey, David Eisenhower

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Literacy programs teach students the difference between news and noise

When Ife Adelona saw a picture of singer Selena Gomez as an adult magazine covergirl circulating on Twitter, the 17-year-old knew what she had to do. I immediately went for a second source to make sure it wasnt true, Ife said. More news about education ... [Published Washington Post - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Jay Mathews, Education, Teaching, Robert R. McCormick

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Emergency Text Alerts Not Reaching Most People ... [Published Greenfield Patch - May 11 2013]
The High Costs of Our Unquenchable Thirst for Oil [Published Northwestern University - May 10 2013]
Harold J. Muehlfelt, 1928-2013 [Published Chicago Tribune - May 07 2013]
Chicago Tribune journalists would take 'wait-an... [Published U-T San Diego - May 03 2013]
Will two too many Kochs spoil the Tribune? [Published Chicago Reader - May 01 2013]
Emergency text alerts not reaching most people ... [Published Post Crescent - Apr 29 2013]
WGN Radio Neediest Kids Fund Launches New Sprin... [Published NewsBlaze - Apr 25 2013]
WGN Radio Neediest Kids Fund Launches New Sprin... [Published TickerTech.com - Apr 25 2013]
Symposium to examine political mapmaking [Published State Journal-Register - Apr 22 2013]
News-literacy lessons teach students how to fin... [Published Japan Times - Apr 20 2013]
Building better batteries [Published Kellogg School of Management - Apr 19 2013]
PriSim Business War Games Inc. Utilizes a Busin... [Published PRWeb - Apr 19 2013]
News literacy lessons in... [Published Arab News - Apr 18 2013]
The Great Captains in American History [Published Foreign Policy Research Institute - Apr 17 2013]
Literacy programs teach students the difference... [Published Washington Post - Apr 16 2013]
Hurricane Sandy Long Island Disaster Relief Rai... [Published PR Newswire: Environment - Mar 06 2013]
Robert R. McCormick Foundation Funds Community-... [Published PR Newswire - Oct 03 2012]