Olympic team bronze medalist in figure skating, Mirai Nagasu, to speak on campus
Olympic bronze medalist and figure skater Mirai Nagasu will be on campus in November as the Chinese Students Association’s fall speaker. Nagasu, who won a team bronze medal at the PyeongChang Winter...
View ArticleSchakowsky urges students: ‘Vote. There is still time.’
Ten-term U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) told a group of Northwestern students, five days before what she called the most important election of her lifetime, that everything was at stake. “This is...
View ArticleSarah Kliff talks healthcare reporting, Democratic platform for 2020
Nearly a decade after journalist Sarah Kliff moved into healthcare reporting during the passage of the Affordable Care Act, she is covering the beginnings of a new era of the political fight over...
View ArticleFormer chairperson of the National Endowment for Arts emphasizes the...
Recalling the moment after her dad passed away when she was nine, Jane Chu, the former chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, said she didn’t have the vocabulary to fully express her...
View ArticleArchitect discusses the need for more inclusion in public spending, urban...
The key to making public spending more equitable is to change the cultural norms surrounding the topic, architect and urban planner Vishaan Chakrabarti said during a Thursday speech at Harris Hall....
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter co-founder discusses intersection of race, misogyny,...
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors said she decided to write her memoir after noticing that other books about the black experience focused on individuals rather than the wider narrative....
View ArticlePete Davidson selected as A&O winter speaker
Saturday Night Live comedian Pete Davidson will be coming to Northwestern as A&O Productions’ winter speaker, the organization announced Friday. Davidson, who is one the youngest members of...
View ArticlePulitzer Prize-winning poet brings stories of African-American creatives to life
Author Tyehimba Jess said while writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry book “Olio,” he was inspired to tell the stories of people who have been left out of history. Jess spoke at the Block Museum of...
View ArticlePete Davidson brings laughter to campus with eccentric personal anecdotes
Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson won the Northwestern crowd over on Saturday night with his delivery of a rowdy and racy stand-up set. The 25-year-old related to the audience of more than...
View ArticleDirector of the National Museum of African American History and Culture to...
Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture Lonnie Bunch will be Northwestern’s 2019 commencement speaker, according to a University announcement. Bunch will deliver his...
View ArticleMedill Prof. previews documentary tracing anti-apartheid activism in Chicago
Medill Prof. Ava Thompson Greenwell previewed a first glimpse of her documentary, “Mission Possible: Chicago’s Free South Africa Movement,” at a Tuesday event organized by the Office of Residential...
View ArticleFormer Michigan gubernatorial candidate says his faith taught him to be good
No matter how unpopular they may be, former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed said he doesn’t back down from his beliefs –– and challenged students to be kind even when they face...
View ArticleNonprofit founder Jahmal Cole encourages students to step outside their...
Northwestern students should leave Evanston and broaden their perspectives on Chicago communities, Jahmal Cole, the founder of the civic education nonprofit My Block, My Hood, My City said at a...
View ArticleNU-Qatar professor examines political violence in Lebanon at MENA and...
Northwestern University in Qatar Prof. Sami Hermez described a “conscious performance of denial” of responsibility for political violence in Lebanon at a Monday event. Hermez, an anthropology professor...
View ArticleNew Yorker critic Hilton Als talks cultural criticism and representation at...
When asked how someone were to become a professional critic, New Yorker theater critic and Pulitzer Prize winner Hilton Als laughed and says it’s hard to give a simple answer. “That’s sort of like...
View ArticleCookbook author and host Samin Nosrat aims to tell stories through food
Despite having a bestselling cookbook, New York Times Magazine food column and Netflix show under her belt, Samin Nosrat is still figuring out how to make lunch. “I never had that period of life where...
View ArticleDavid Kidwell talks Illinois corruption and press transparency at SPJ event
On Wednesday, reporter David Kidwell, whose investigative pieces led to the arrest of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and revealed a $2 million Chicago bribery scandal, spoke about corruption...
View ArticleGidon Bromberg stresses opportunity, need for environmental cooperation in...
Wildcats for Israel on Thursday hosted Gidon Bromberg, the Israeli director and an original founder of the non-profit organization EcoPeace Middle East, for a presentation at Hillel. The non-profit...
View ArticleAbrams talks unfair elections, importance of Census
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said though she knows she’s not the governor of Georgia, she still “won the election” — and now she needs the help of college Democrats across the...
View ArticleRebecca Makkai awarded for novel about Chicago during the AIDS epidemic
Before receiving the 2019 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction on Sunday, Rebecca Makkai, a Chicago-based author, spoke in-depth about her experiences as a writer and how her award-winning novel...
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