While Northwestern's undergraduate program has fallen or stagnated in the rankings over the past five years, four of its graduate schools moved up in U.S. News & World Report's 2009 rankings of graduate and professional schools. The Kellogg School of Management is tied with two other schools for fourth place - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago - one spot up from last year.…

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When the temperature in Evanston finally reached 50 degrees, Northwestern tour guide Shelby Walchuk only had one complaint about swapping her boots for flip flops - it was a lot harder to walk backwards. Walchuk and about 95 other student tour guides have been a lot busier since the start of Spring Quarter, when the number and size of tours increase.…

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A laptop orchestra, a distinctive organ and other non-traditional approaches to music are featured at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall's annual spring festival. "Sonic Divergence: A Confluence of Musical Originals" includes a mix of different styles and instruments that will break the mold of typical music, said Richard Van Kleeck, Pick-Staiger's director of concerts.…

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Finnish composer Kaija Sarriaho became the first woman to win $100,000 for the School of Music's biennial award for outstanding achievement in music composition. In addition to the cash prize, the winner of the Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition will have a piece performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will receive a residency at the School of Music.…

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