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What is January 1st?
In 1963, this was the month and day on which IEEE was founded. It's also celebrated as the first day of the year in the modern Gregorian calendar.
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Who is Ian Horswill?
With a deep voice and a love for using Discord instead of Campuswire or Piazza, this professor's research revolves around games and interactive narrative.
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What is Racket?
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What is rice?
Feeding many globally, this Asian grain is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa.
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Who are Pat Sajak and Vanna White?
"I'd like to buy a vowel, please." This pair hosts Wheel of Fortune.
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What is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers?
The acronym IEEE stands for what set of words that describe this 501 professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering.
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Who is Samir Khuller?
Who's forwarding ECD events to your Northwestern email? It's this Peter and Adrienne Barris Professor and Chair whose office can be found at 3017 Seeley Mudd.
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What is Python?
newlist = [x for x in fruits if "a" in x];
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What is Lemongrass?
When life gives you one of these, you'll get this type of grass.
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Who is Drew Carey?
After Bob Barker, it was up to this host to "Come on down!"
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What is Badhacks?
At this event, a maze-game developer claimed that some people do not know that even Microsoft Excel is a programming language.
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Who is Jesse A. Tov?
This professor co-founded DSSL2, the Data Structures Student Language, with fellow CS professor Vincent St-Amour.
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What is JavaScript?
const newArray = [...array1, ...array2];
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What is Buffalo grass?
Bouteloua dactyloides, commonly known as this type of grass, can be associated with an NFL team that plays its home games at Orchard Park, NY.
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Who is Howie Mandel?
Contestants eliminate money cases one-by-one with play from a banker and help from this TV host who also features as a judge for America's Got Talent.
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Who is Alan V. Sahakian?
This Northwestern faculty is teaching Cardiovascular Instrumentation this Winter quarter. They are also the faculty sponsor for IEEE Northwestern.
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Who are Eleanor O'Rourke and Marcelo Worsley?
These two professors received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation in 2021 for their work in diversifying the field of CS.
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What is C++?
std::cout << "main function\n";
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What is Timothy-grass?
Grown primarily as hay for horses, this grass takes its name from the first name of one of the current Co-presidents of IEEE Northwestern.
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Who is Steve Harvey?
He infamously announced the wrong winner for the 2015 Miss Universe as Miss Columbia instead of Miss Philippines.
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What is SUMMRI?
At the 2022 IE3 Showcase, this project, which made it simpler to diagnose brain tumors from MRI scans, won "Best Project".
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Who is Miklos Z. Racz?
An incoming assistant professor, he will start in January 2023 after serving as an assistant professor of operations research and financial engineering at Princeton University.
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What is DSSL2?
struct node:
let data let left let right |
What is St. Augustine grass?
This type of grass is named after The Ancient City, located between Northeast and East Central Florida.
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Who is Chris Hardwick?
A pair of people must battle a variety of trivia and a plinko-like 40-foot wall in order to achieve life-changing winnings hosted by this host and actor.
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