CHICAGO (Standard&Poor's) March 4, 2014--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services withdrew its ratings on Northwestern University, Ill.'s series 2004-A, 2004-B, 2008-A, and 2008-C bonds. "We withdrew our ratings because the bonds are being remarketed," said Standard&Poor's credit analyst Jessica Wood. On Feb. 19, 2014, Standard&Poor's assigned its 'AAA/A-1+' long-term rating to the university's approximately $135.8 million series 2004-C bonds and its approximately $75.0 million series 2008-D bonds. For more information, please see the article published on RatingsDirect. The 2004-C bonds were a new subseries and a combination of the existing subseries 2004-A and subseries 2004-B bonds (adjustable-rate revenue bonds), which were remarketed on March 3, 2014, and converted into weekly rate mode. The 2008-D bonds
