Daveed Diggs discusses identity, ‘Hamilton’ in Hillel annual speaker event
Actor Daveed Diggs spoke about his identity and his role in the Broadway musical “Hamilton” on Sunday as part of Northwestern Hillel’s annual speaker event. Maddie Burton, the event moderator and the...
View ArticleProfessors discuss Black and White feminism at anti-racism speaker series
Purdue University Prof. Nadia Brown and Tulane University Prof. Mirya Holman presented theories of Black and White feminism within anti-racist movements in a Wednesday discussion. The event, hosted by...
View ArticleWomen scholars discuss links between prison activism and research in NPEP panel
Sociology and African American Studies Prof. Mary Pattillo and Ph.D. candidates Charlotte Rosen and Sanjana Subramaniam discussed their experiences with prison activism at a Wednesday panel. In the...
View ArticleUniversity announces $1 million research project on pandemic policy response
Northwestern announced a $1 million project to develop effective pandemic policy responses, according to a University release. The initiative will research how states should address socioeconomic and...
View Article“Another chapter in a very old, very long, very American story”: Scholars...
Northwestern’s Asian American Studies program co-hosted a panel Wednesday alongside Brandeis University and Dartmouth College to discuss the ways the recent Atlanta spa shootings reveal historically...
View ArticleUniversity administrators talk return to campus plans and vaccinations
University administrators announced plans for in-person instruction in Fall Quarter and are still considering a vaccination mandate. Currently, less than half of faculty and staff are vaccinated, they...
View ArticleWomen’s Center focuses on mutual aid education in Women’s History Symposium
This year’s Women’s History Symposium emphasized mutual aid in light of the growing need for community support to address the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on marginalized communities. The...
View ArticleIllinois Prison Project ambassadors discuss incarceration and re-entry at One...
Illinois Prison Project Education Director Renaldo Hudson and ambassadors Willie Hobson and Michael Penny criticized the carceral system and advocated for re-entry support at a Thursday panel....
View ArticleA&O and McSA to host Ramy Youssef in virtual spring speaker event
A&O Productions and Northwestern’s Muslim-cultural Students Association announced Monday they will virtually host stand-up comedian and actor Ramy Youssef on April 22. The spring speaker event,...
View ArticlePanelists discuss death penalty history and abolition in NPEP roundtable
Criminal justice experts discussed the inefficacy of the death penalty and the need for its abolition in a Tuesday roundtable. In the event hosted by the Northwestern Prison Education Program,...
View ArticleSpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell to deliver class of 2021 commencement address
SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell (McCormick ‘86, ‘88) will address the class of 2021 at a commencement ceremony to be held June 14, according to a Thursday news release. Shotwell, a member of...
View ArticleGlobal Engagement Summit to return virtually this weekend for first time...
Global Engagement Summit will return virtually this weekend after last year’s conference was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual summit on social entrepreneurship will be the first time...
View ArticleAward-winning comedian Ramy Youssef discusses hit show “Ramy” in A&O event
Award-winning comedian Ramy Youssef discussed the Muslim American experience and spirituality in his hit show “Ramy” at a Thursday virtual event. The event, co-hosted by A&O Productions and...
View ArticleQueertopia reimagines scholarship, activism and queer and trans futures in...
Starting off the keynote conversation in Queertopia on Sunday, writer and comedian Lexi Adsit said trans women of color possess powers of world-changing and world-thinking. Adsit started to compile an...
View ArticleSpeakers discuss racial equity and prioritization in cultural institutions
Speakers working in the arts sector emphasized the importance of cultural institutions to prioritize and commit to racial equity at a Tuesday event. The conversation, a part of Center for the Study of...
View ArticleNoam Chomsky talks climate change, labor rights and free speech at Political...
Noam Chomsky, a founder of modern linguistics, spoke about the pandemic, labor rights and pressing political issues in a Thursday webinar co-hosted by Northwestern Political Union. The event, arranged...
View ArticlePanelists discuss intersectionality, abolition at Axis Lab teach-in
Different communities’ struggles for liberation are interconnected, Chicago-based organizer Janessa Juntilla said at a Thursday night teach-in about anti-Black and anti-Asian violence. The teach-in,...
View ArticleActivists and scholars imagine a world without police and prisons at...
On the sixth anniversary of Chicago’s reparations ordinance, local activists and scholars discussed police abolition, collective approaches to community organizing and healing from state violence in a...
View ArticleHarvard researcher and NU profs. discuss Black and Dalit community solidarity
Harvard University fellow Suraj Yengde discussed the importance of solidarity between Dalit and Black communities at a Thursday discussion. The event was hosted by the Comparative Literary Studies...
View ArticleA&O Productions to host ‘WandaVision’ actress Kathryn Hahn
Actress, comedian and producer Kathryn Hahn (Communication ‘95) will participate in a discussion and a question and answer session on May 13, A&O Productions announced Sunday. Hahn, who most...
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