Award-winning author Tayari Jones talks race, marriage and incarceration in...
Best-selling author Tayari Jones said her book “An American Marriage” is about the intersectionality of marriage and race. As part of the annual Leon Forrest Lecture Series hosted by the African...
View ArticleState policy leaders discuss improving Black maternal health outcomes
There is nothing intrinsically wrong with Black women that causes their maternal health to fare worse than other racial groups — the problem is systemic racism within the healthcare system, U.S. Rep....
View ArticleIndigenous researcher talks decolonizing environmental justice
Indigenous author and California State University San Marcos Prof. Dina Gilio-Whitaker discussed decolonizing environmental justice movements at a Tuesday event. Weinberg Prof. Melissa Rosenzweig...
View ArticleDavid Hogg speaks on student activism and long-term hopes for gun control...
David Hogg , a gun control activist and survivor of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, discussed the power of student activism at a Tuesday webinar. Hosted by Northwestern...
View ArticleProfs. discuss police accountability one year after George Floyd’s murder
One year after the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, professors discussed police accountability at a Tuesday panel. Last year, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s killing of Floyd...
View ArticleIndigenous healthcare professional and student discuss their journeys in the...
An Indigenous healthcare professional and medical student discussed the importance of Indigenous voices in healthcare, racial health disparities and health equity at a Tuesday event. The event, hosted...
View ArticleGrammy-nominated singing duo Chloe x Halle to perform at 2021 A&O Ball
R&B singer duo Chloe x Halle will virtually perform at A&O Productions’ 2021 Ball on May 30, according to a Wednesday news release. Along with a recorded performance and question answer...
View ArticleStudent groups host teach-in on Palestine’s past, present and future amid...
Multiple Northwestern student groups hosted a series of presentations discussing Palestine’s past, present and future at a June 1 virtual teach-in. Groups that organized and co-sponsored the event...
View ArticleMedill celebrates its centennial with panel addressing major topics in...
Leading media executives discussed objectivity, social media, the pandemic, diversity, equity and inclusion at a Thursday panel. The virtual event, “Does the News Represent Us? The State of Journalism...
View ArticleNorthwestern alum discusses experiences traveling abroad as a Haitian American
Content warning: This story contains mentions of assault. Looking through her childhood bedroom, Duke Ph.D student Ayanna Legros (Weinberg ‘13) found a diary entry she wrote in Athens when she was 11....
View ArticleFormer Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson calls for...
Former Democratic presidential candidate and spiritual leader Marianne Williamson spoke to a 150-person audience Thursday night about how to heal the United States’ political divisions and her...
View ArticleNU College Democrats announces former New York City mayoral candidate Maya...
Northwestern College Democrats announced former New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley will speak to students over Zoom on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. The organization said students will attend the event...
View ArticleAmbassador in Residence Ian Kelly discusses Putin, Russia-Ukraine crisis...
Ambassador in Residence Ian Kelly, former U.S. ambassador to Georgia, discussed the Russia-Ukraine crisis on Friday. Kelly was the latest speaker at Global Lunchbox, which is a speaker series hosted...
View ArticleNorthwestern’s Body Acceptance Week promotes authentic lives over social media
Content warning: This story contains mentions of eating disorders. Northwestern’s Body Acceptance Week, organized by Health Promotion and Wellness, offers programming every year during the last week of...
View ArticleNU College Democrats hosts former NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley
Maya Wiley, 2021 New York City mayoral candidate, answered questions from the Northwestern College Democrats over Zoom on Wednesday. Students met in Annenberg Hall to ask Wiley about her political...
View ArticleRichard Bernstein, first blind U.S. state supreme court justice speaks to...
Justice Richard Bernstein, the first blind justice appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court, spoke to Northwestern students Monday about his experiences and challenges as a person with a disability. The...
View ArticleProf. Martha Jones lectures on 19th Amendment, disenfranchised Black women...
In a Winona, Mississippi jail cell in the 1960s, a young Black woman sat for three days after an unsuccessful attempt at voter registration. Her name was Fannie Lou Hamer, and the 19th Amendment failed...
View ArticleJournalists break down investigation behind FinCEN Files story at Medill’s...
Professional journalists discussed how to produce a successful investigation on the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications’s Chicago Campus Thursday. Pulitzer-winning...
View ArticleBestselling author Isabel Wilkerson to deliver commencement address this year
Former New York Times reporter and bestselling author Isabel Wilkerson will deliver the commencement address this year, the University announced Thursday. Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other...
View ArticleMedill announces sports journalist Mike Greenberg as 2022 convocation speaker
Sports journalist Mike Greenberg (Medill ’89) will deliver Medill’s convocation address to the class of 2022, the school announced Monday. Greenberg began hosting ESPN and ABC’s “NBA Countdown” in...
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