Northwestern memorializes professor influential in IMC program
May 23, 2013
Filed under Campus, Faculty, Latest Stories
Friends, family and former colleagues of Medill Prof. Ted Spiegel remembered his contributions to marketing and education at a memorial service Thursday. Spiegel helped establish the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications' direct marketing program. He died May 11 at... Read more »
Asian American Heritage Month event challenges stereotypes within community
May 21, 2013
Filed under Academic, Administration, Campus, Events, Faculty
Speakers challenged the meaning of the phrase "fresh off the boat" at an event Tuesday hosted by the Asian American studies program. "Fresh Off the Boat: Reflections on an Asian American Life Beyond Northwestern" was organized in celebration of Asian American Heritage Month. Carolyn Chen, director... Read more »
Portuguese students practice language through play
May 16, 2013
Filed under Campus, Student Entertainment, Theater
After watching an English version of a Portuguese play, Spanish and Portuguese Prof. Raquel Amorim decided to put the play on again — but this time in its original language and by her students. The play, "Artistas: Um drama pequeno burgues," is a farce about artists trying to make a living that the... Read more »
Geographer, whysowhite play A&O's third annual DM benefit
May 5, 2013
Filed under Campus, Student Entertainment, Top Stories
Rock music attracted Northwestern students and Evanston residents to Norris University Center's East Lawn on Sunday afternoon for a benefit concert featuring Geographer and whysowhite. Nearly 250 students gathered outside Norris for a concert hosted as part of A&O Productions' co-sponsorship with... Read more »
Photojournalist shares Egyptian revolution experiences
May 1, 2013
Filed under Campus, Speakers
When photojournalist Scout Tufankjian heard in early 2011 that clashes were breaking out in Egypt, she immediately got on a plane and flew there to take pictures of the revolution. Tufankjian, who spoke about her experience to a group of about 25 Northwestern students and faculty members in the McCormick... Read more »
Northwestern celebrates life of trailblazing professor
April 28, 2013
Filed under Campus, Faculty
Family, colleagues and former students of Prof. H. Paul Friesema remembered his contributions to environmental studies at Northwestern during a memorial service Friday. “Paul was really planting seeds all over, but not just planting them, but really nurturing them and really developing them into... Read more »
Northwestern sophomores work to establish club softball team
April 23, 2013
Filed under Campus, Student Groups
Northwestern has 39 club sports teams, ranging from soccer to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. But students interested in playing softball have been disappointed — until now. Weinberg sophomore Emily Bacalao and Sarah Stumbras, a sophomore in Bienen and McCormick, are in the process of starting a club softball... Read more »
Office of Sustainability, environmental groups seek to promote campus involvement with Earth Week
April 22, 2013
Filed under Administration, Campus, Events, Student Groups, Top Stories
The Office of Sustainability is joining with student groups this week to raise environmental awareness through Earth Week events, ranging from guest lectures to a “mountain” of trash display. Rob Whittier, Northwestern’s director of sustainability, said he hopes the events this week spread awareness... Read more »
New Wildcat Welcome programs spotlight campus safety resources
April 18, 2013
Filed under Administration, Campus, Latest Stories
A new Essential NU that focuses on campus safety will be part of a handful of changes to Wildcat Welcome coming this fall. In addition to the Mental Health ENU that was announced in January, new students will attend orientation programming that focuses on campus safety. Patricia Hilkert, director... Read more »
University Library celebrates National Library Week
April 15, 2013
Filed under Administration, Campus, Events, Latest Stories
University Library will host events throughout the week to raise awareness about its many resources as part of its National Library Week celebration. Events include Poets in Our Corner, a poetry reading and discussion held Monday, and the third annual Deering After Dark on Thursday night. "The... Read more »
Undergraduate Budget Priorities Committee applicants hope to 'implement change'
April 8, 2013
Filed under Administration, Campus
The Undergraduate Budget Priorities Committee, which serves as the student voice in the administrative budgeting process, is accepting applications for new members through Wednesday. The group just finalized its budget recommendations for the upcoming academic year at the close of Winter Quarter,... Read more »
Class of 2017 to travel to Millennium Park for Wildcat Welcome
April 5, 2013
Filed under Administration, Campus, Top Stories
This fall, the class of 2017 and transfer students will head downtown to participate in a new component of Wildcat Welcome. Josh McKenzie, director of the first year experience, announced Thursday night that immediately after the March Through the Arch, new students will board buses to Millennium... Read more »
Record number of students apply to be peer advisers
April 2, 2013
Filed under Administration, Campus, Latest Stories, Student Groups
With 725 students applying, this year is the most competitive for peer adviser applications to date. The application process had an all-time low selection rate of 27.6 percent. Only 200 students are chosen to be PAs each year: The number of applicants increased from 650 last year and has more than... Read more »
McCormick students Dennis Ai, Christian Yenko win big with healthy eating app JiveHealth
April 1, 2013
Filed under Academic, Campus, Faculty, Top Stories
A technology start-up founded by a Northwestern student took home the grand prize of $10,000 last month in the Partnership for a Healthier America's End Childhood Obesity Innovation Challenge. At the beginning of the academic year, McCormick senior Dennis Ai created JiveHealth, a new business currently... Read more »
Associated Student Government mulls campus transportation, honors Friesema
March 13, 2013
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Student Government
Associated Student Government weighed new campus transportation options and commemorated political science Prof. emeritus H. Paul Friesema in its last Senate meeting of Winter Quarter on Wednesday night. Mark Silberg, vice president of sustainability, introduced new legislation to honor the life of... Read more »
Northwestern alumni honor former classmate by turning screenplay into comic book series
March 4, 2013
Filed under Alumni, Campus
Jason Coffee (Communication '97) was an avid fan of television and film who dreamed of one day bringing his own words to life on the big screen. Upon graduating from Northwestern, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of becoming a screenwriter. But after a few years, his health began to decline,... Read more »
Northwestern Prof chosen to head economic analysis at DOJ Antitrust Divison
February 25, 2013
Filed under Campus, Faculty
The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division last week named Northwestern economics Prof. Aviv Nevo the new deputy assistant general for economic analysis. Nevo will assist with the department's primary work of evaluating proposed business mergers and ensuring that antitrust laws are upheld.... Read more »
ASG connects students, landlords at second off-campus housing fair
February 19, 2013
Filed under Campus, Student Government, Top Stories
Associated Student Government hosted its second annual Winter Housing Fair on Tuesday at Norris University Center for Northwestern students interested in living off-campus next year. The fair, an event ASG initiated last year, brings together Evanston landlords for students to meet and talk to about... Read more »
Fox News' James Rosen considers storing research materials in University's archive collection
February 17, 2013
Filed under Alumni, Campus, Top Stories
Medill alum James Rosen, professionally known as a Washington Correspondent for Fox News, refers to himself personally as a “Beatles freak.” Rosen (MSJ ‘96) was on campus Friday for the first time since graduating from Medill’s graduate program to look into the possibility of storing research... Read more »
Relay for Life announces implementation of theme at benefit concert
February 12, 2013
Filed under Campus, Student Groups, Top Stories
Northwestern Relay for Life organizers announced at a benefit concert Tuesday night its main event in the spring will have a theme for the first time ever. The theme for the event will be “Decades.” Tegan Reyes, co-president of NU’s Relay for Life, said organizers decided to implement a theme... Read more »
More changes coming to Wildcat Welcome programming
February 11, 2013
Filed under Campus, Top Stories
Applications are currently being accepted for peer advisers for Wildcat Welcome 2013, which will implement a number of new programs in an effort to continue improving the transition of incoming classes to Northwestern. Aside from the addition of a new Mental Health Essential NU orientation program,... Read more »
Northwestern a cappella groups gain exposure with album releases
January 31, 2013
Filed under Campus, Student Groups
With more than a dozen groups on campus, a cappella has a strong presence at Northwestern. For most of the groups, that presence is now extending beyond Evanston borders, with studio albums building the groups' fan bases across the country and the world. Of the 12 groups that make up the Northwestern... Read more »
Kellogg offers new MS degree
January 28, 2013
Filed under Academic, Campus
Starting this summer, the Kellogg School of Management will begin offering a new master of science degree to current Northwestern undergraduates. Current NU seniors are invited to apply to the new Russell Fellows Program, a three-quarter, 12-credit program for a Master of Science in Management Studies... Read more »
Despite national shifts, Northwestern will retain current AP policies
January 22, 2013
Filed under Academic, Campus
Although some top-tier universities have recently reconsidered their policies on accepting advanced placement credits, Northwestern has no immediate plans to do the same, University officials said. Last week, Dartmouth College announced its decision to no longer accept AP scores as college credit,... Read more »
McCormick students develop app to encourage healthy eating
January 8, 2013
Filed under Campus, Science & Technology, Student Groups
A pair of Northwestern students is currently in the running to present the app they developed at a summit featuring first lady Michelle Obama. McCormick senior Dennis Ai and McCormick sophomore Christian Yenko are in the process of developing an app, JiveHealth, designed to encourage kids to form... Read more »
GlobeMed at Northwestern to benefit new partner organization in Uganda
November 27, 2012
Filed under Campus, Student Groups
GlobeMed's Northwestern chapter recently hosted its first fundraising event in support of its new partnership organization, Adonai Child Development Center. For the last seven years, GlobeMed at NU has partnered with the HOPE Center in Ghana. When that partnership ended, external president Kalindi... Read more »
Veritas Forum explores relationship between culture, religion
November 13, 2012
Filed under Academic, Campus
More than 500 students and faculty members packed into Ryan Auditorium on Monday for a religious secularism forum featuring a famed bible scholar and a popular Slavic literature professor. The fifth annual Veritas Forum at Northwestern explored the topic “What Gods Do We Believe in Now?: Challenging... Read more »
Delta Tau Delta formally regains IFC status
November 5, 2012
Filed under Campus, Greek
The Beta Pi chapter of Delta Tau Delta hosted its first annual philanthropy event Sunday, completing its last requirement to become a part of the Interfraternity Council at Northwestern. Delt, which began recruiting new members last fall, officially recolonized in February. The move came after a... Read more »
International Office implements new tool to gain student feedback
October 24, 2012
Filed under Academic, Campus, Student Groups
The University launched a survey tool Oct. 15 designed to measure international students’ opinions of their experiences at Northwestern. NU is one of the first American schools to implement the International Student Barometer. Ravi Shankar, director of the International Office, estimated only about... Read more »
Northwestern announces new dental health plan
October 24, 2012
Filed under Blogs, On Campus
The Office of Risk Management announced a new dental health plan Tuesday that will be available for open enrollment starting Nov. 15. The plan is underwritten by Cigna and will serve as a replacement for the Aetna plan that was withdrawn from the student health insurance program at the end of last... Read more »
Northwestern College Republicans screen '2016: Obama's America'
October 22, 2012
Filed under Campus, Student Groups
With the presidential election drawing nearer, the NU College Republicans hosted a screening of "2016: Obama's America" in Annenberg Hall on Sunday night. The 91-minute documentary by Dinesh D'Souza has received national attention since its release last July. The film attempts to explain Obama's... Read more »
Northwestern mandates University health insurance coverage for international students
October 17, 2012
Filed under Administration, Campus
Starting this school year, all international students at Northwestern are required to enroll in the University’s health insurance program, regardless of coverage in their home country. The cost of the University's student health care plan this year totals $2,842. The plan, which is provided by... Read more »
Kids 'March with the Band' as Bienen's Kids Fare kicks off
October 7, 2012
Filed under Campus
Toddlers clutching their parents’ hands and children touting toy instruments marched along with the Northwestern University Marching Band on Saturday morning, continuing the Bienen School of Music’s tradition of a Kids Fare series. “March with the Band,” held at Welsh-Ryan Arena, was the... Read more »
University Archives a 'hidden gem'
October 2, 2012
Filed under Campus
On the southeastern most edges of Northwestern’s campus, beneath the fliered walkways and lecture halls, lies a vast cavern filled with precious artifacts. Though it sounds like the beginning of a fantastical story involving and a secret treasure map, this X marks the spot of one of the three locations... Read more »
NU Nights brings back late evening events
September 24, 2012
Filed under Campus
NU Nights introduced last spring a new late-night venue for Northwestern students looking for a new way to spend their Friday evenings. NU Nights organizers say they're gearing up for another big quarter. Following Friday's Game Show, NU Nights will host events every other Friday through Fall quarter,... Read more »
How to survive the Chicago cold
August 27, 2012
Filed under Orientation Issue
As someone who was born and raised in Alabama, I grew up in the kind of town where an inch of snow on the ground could cancel school for a week. I rarely saw temperatures dip below 30 degrees Fahrenheit and considered it “cold” if it wasn’t tanktop weather. And then I went to Northwestern. Despite... Read more »
NU hosts 5K to benefit Special Olympics
May 8, 2012
Filed under Campus (Archived)
Northwestern students, Evanston residents and runners from the Chicago area gathered Sunday at the Lakefill for the biannual Northwestern to Benefit Special Olympics 5K. The 5K, which is held in late October and early May each year, usually draws from 40 to 80 runners, said Anna Rhoad, co-chair of the... Read more »
NU alumna publishes second novel in trilogy
April 25, 2012
Filed under Alumni, Campus (Archived)
About a week before its release date, the novel "Insurgent," the second work from Northwestern alumna Veronica Roth (WCAS '10), has sold more than 35,000 copies in presales, ranking it 14th on Amazon's "Hot New Releases" list. Roth, who wrote her first novel "Divergent" while a student in NU's creative... Read more »
Persian American Representatives of Students rings in spring with annual show
April 7, 2012
Filed under Campus (Archived)
The Persian American Representatives of Students sought to appeal to a wider audience at its annual spring show celebrating Naw-Ruz, the Iranian New Year, on Saturday. The event, held in Harris Hall, featured three Northwestern musical groups and MTV comedian K-von. PARS President Alex Pezeshki said... Read more »