Democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig visits Northwestern to...
Democratic presidential candidate and Harvard Law School Prof. Lawrence Lessig advocated campaign reform to abolish safe seats for politicians in a talk at Northwestern on Saturday Lessig’s speech in...
View ArticleDarkMatter presents poetry performance #ItGetsBitter at Rainbow Alliance’s...
DarkMatter, a transgender South-Asian performance art duo composed of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian, performed their #ItGetsBitter spoken word poetry as Rainbow Alliance’s fall speaker...
View ArticleAustralian Parliament member speaks on future of artificial intelligence
A member of the Australian House of Representatives said Tuesday afternoon people should be aware of the changing marketplace as he spoke about rapid technological innovation and the economic impact of...
View ArticleFormer Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to speak at Northwestern
Northwestern College Republicans announced Tuesday that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will speak Nov. 16 at its annual fall event. Gingrich, who ran an unsuccessful presidential bid in...
View ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar discusses Muslim identity during talk at Ryan Auditorium
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar came to Northwestern on Friday, speaking on everything from Malcolm X to LeBron James to Black Lives Matter. Adbul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and a best-selling...
View ArticleTrio of Obama’s former top aides discuss president’s legacy at Northwestern talk
Marking the three-year anniversary of President Obama’s re-election Friday, a trio of the president’s former top aides spoke to Northwestern about modern politics and Republican shortcomings. David...
View ArticleWong Fu producer reveals female stereotypes in the film industry
“Wong Fu Mama” Christine Chen, producer of Wong Fu Productions, shared with Northwestern students on Saturday what it was like working in the film industry as an Asian American woman. With no...
View ArticleProfessors discuss denial of Armenian Genocide
In remembrance of 100 years since the Armenian Genocide, professors from four different universities spoke out against denial of the genocide as part of “Denial and Memory,” a conference held at...
View ArticleAuthor, NU alum Leslie Pietrzyk explores grief, loss at reading
Author Leslie Pietrzyk (Weinberg ’83) discussed how the death of her first husband influenced her award-winning book on grief and loss during a talk Wednesday. Pietrzyk’s book, “This Angel on My...
View ArticleEducation experts debate charter schools
Two education experts debated the benefits of charter schools in University Hall on Wednesday, with one saying the schools provide students a chance to get a better education, and the other saying...
View ArticleHewlett Packard VP talks e-commerce at Northwestern
Senior Vice President at Hewlett Packard Alex Kazim thinks all businesses should ask the question, “What inefficiency are you actually trying to solve?” Kazim presented this question to more than 20...
View ArticleStudents discuss experiences with mental illness at Stigma Panel
Four Northwestern students recounted personal experiences with mental illness, from depression to anorexia nervosa, to a crowd of about 40 people Sunday night. The Stigma Panel, held for the fifth year...
View ArticleYouTube musicians perform, take questions at CSA event
Youtubers and singer-songwriters Joseph Vincent and Clara Chung visited Northwestern on Sunday for a performance and Q&A, giving attendees an intimate look into the lives of the two self-made...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich visits Northwestern, says students ‘wasting their time’...
College students protesting institutionalized racism are “wasting their time,” according to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who addressed a packed crowd in Norris University Center on Monday night....
View Article“Broad City” stars to perform for A&O, Hillel fall speaker event
A&O Productions and NU Hillel will be bringing the stars of “Broad City” to Northwestern, A&O and Fiedler Hillel announced Tuesday. “Broad City,” a sitcom that first aired on Comedy Central,...
View ArticleJournalist, writer emphasize importance of black voices in media
Writer Mara Brock Akil (Medill ’92) and journalist Amy DuBois Barnett discussed the importance of black narratives in the media during this year’s State of the Black Union, hosted by For Members Only...
View ArticleXbox creator visits Northwestern, talks journey of creating the Xbox
Game console guru Robbie Bach, one of the minds behind the Halo, Gears of War and Fable title, spoke Thursday about his journey leading the team that created the Xbox video game system. The business...
View Article“Broad City” comedians discuss Judaism, TV success during A&O, Hillel fall...
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, stars of Comedy Central’s “Broad City,” discussed Judaism and their comedy careers during this year’s A&O’s fall speaker event, co-sponsored with Fiedler Hillel....
View ArticleNavajo filmmaker discusses Native American experiences of urban relocation
Navajo filmmaker and artist Pamela J. Peters explored the “modern Indian” in discussion Thursday night around her latest multimedia project. More than 15 people attended the gathering at Annie May...
View ArticlePro-Palestine activist denounces worsening tensions between Israel and Palestine
Ali Abunimah, co-founder of online publication Electronic Intifada, and Northwestern Students for Justice in Palestine teamed up Thursday for a discussion on Israel’s occupation policies and the...
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