Northwestern neuroscientist who wrote anti-Semitic and racist tweets dies by suicide February 4, 2021 4:05 pm University Hall at Northwestern University, which responded to a complaint about hate speech against Bart van Alphen by telling the student to reach out to Hillel, the Jewish campus organization. (Wikimedia Commons)
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(JTA) A Northwestern University neuroscientist who caused controversy with a series of racist, misogynist and anti-Semitic posts he wrote on social media has died by suicide.
Bart van Alphen, a postdoctoral fellow who studied sleep patterns, appears to have maintained multiple social media accounts under the name @The Dr Caveman that denigrated women, echoed far-right slurs and repeatedly called for the death and deportation of protesters, nonwhite immigrants and politicians whose views he opposed.
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She went on to found Dori Wilson Public Relations in Chicago as a groundbreaking Black entrepreneur.
In a statement Tuesday, Wilson s company called her an authentic trailblazer , pioneer and entrepeneuer. She was dynamic, my God, and she would never took no for an answer, said her friend Michale Kutza.
Former model Candace Jordan said Wilson was one of the first people she met when she moved to Chicago in the 1970s. She was a beautiful woman inside and out with a big, big heart, said Jordan. She was always a champion for the underdog.
Longtime friend Chaz Ebert says her most precious memory of Wilson is discovering she loved to go fishing.
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Suburban Cook County, Region 10 in the governor s Restore Illinois reopening plan, returned to Phase 4 coronavirus mitigation measures Tuesday. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
WILMETTE, IL For the first time since October, Wilmette, Kenilworth and the rest of suburban Cook County on Tuesday returned to Phase 4 of Gov. J.B. Pritzker s Restore Illinois reopening plan.
The shift in state-mandated coronavirus mitigation measures means bars and restaurants can allow parties of up to 10 people instead of four, and there are no longer any food service requirements.
The shift in state-mandated coronavirus mitigation measures means bars and restaurants can allow parties of up to six people instead of four, and there are no longer any food service requirements.
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Suburban Cook County, Region 10 in the governor s Restore Illinois reopening plan, returned to Phase 4 coronavirus mitigation measures Tuesday. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
WINNETKA, IL For the first time since October, Winnetka, Glencoe, Northfield and the rest of suburban Cook County on Tuesday returned to Phase 4 of Gov. J.B. Pritzker s Restore Illinois reopening plan.
The shift in state-mandated coronavirus mitigation measures means bars and restaurants can allow parties of up to six people instead of four, and there are no longer any food service requirements.
Under Phase 4, the maximum permitted gathering size under Pritzker s executive orders has doubled from 25 to 50, with movie theaters and indoor performances again allowed in New Trier Township communities.