Evanston will fix up a deteriorated stretch of lakefront path with a $720,000 grant.
Photo: John Meguerian
Your Facebook might say more about you than you think: Students at MIT have created a computer program that can analyze a Facebook profile and determine the user’s sexuality. Yup, you read that right: “Gaydar,” once a sixth sense, might become a real-world tool. [Boston Globe]
Runners, take note: Evanston has received a $720,000 grant to fix the long-deteriorated section of lakefront path between Lee Street and Clark Street. This brings the city’s lakefront renovation total up to $1.27 million, drawn from federal stimulus funds. [The Daily]
The VP and executive editor of the Chicago Tribune, Gerould Kern, is coming to campus on Oct. 8 as the first speaker in the 2009-10 Crain Lecture Series. His lecture has a hopeful title—”Turning Point: One Day, Two Stories and How the Chicago Tribune Rediscovered its Mission”—but we’re wondering if he’ll also talk about those desperate-looking men who have been standing by the Arch and outside Tech, trying to sell disinterested students subscriptions to his newspaper. [EvanstonNow]
Kudos to Northwestern’s engineering students for taking Northwestern’s green initiative to the next level: the student group Engineers for a Sustainable World has come up with two proposals to power Ford with solar energy. While one member of the project told the Daily that the group is optimistic about the effort, here’s hoping that the team gets the University support and funding needed to make its plans a reality. [The Daily]
