Economics and history Prof. Joel Mokyr was announced as one of three winners of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday. Mokyr won half of The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2025 for his work demonstrating how technological processes have led to sustained economic growth.
Welcome to Recaptured — a weekly roundup of The Daily’s photojournalism, featuring our reporters’ most memorable moments. This week’s Recaptured includes A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie at A&O Blowout, the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Powwow at Evanston Township High School and Paws and Claws’ fall-themed event.
Jeremy Zucker performed at House of Blues in Chicago on Saturday. The concert was a part of Zucker’s “welcome to the garden state” tour. (Lauren Kim/The Daily Northwestern)Northwestern women’s soccer shut out Rutgers 3-0 on Senior Day, which took place Sunday afternoon at Martin Stadium. The Wildcats (6-3-6, 2-2-4 Big Ten) moved up to 10th in the Big Ten standings after Sunday afternoon’s win over the Scarlet Knights (3-6-4, 1-6-1 Big Ten), tentatively saving themselves a spot in the conference tournament. (Luke Meinhardt/The Daily Northwestern)The fifth annual Rally for Rescues, hosted by local cat rescue Paws and Claws, drew over 300 people and their pets to its fall-themed event. Community partners set out fall and cat-themed tables at the event. The Vintage Cat sold cat-themed knick-knacks, local band GreenTTea & the Tempos played live jazz music and 4 Suns Plant Based Kitchen held a farm stand. (Ashley Dong/The Daily Northwestern)NU students packed Welsh-Ryan Arena last Thursday night and crowded the floor during Blowout, an annual fall concert hosted by student-run entertainment board A&O Productions. A Boogie wit da Hoodie was this year’s headliner, and he was opened by a set led by rapper and NU alum RHOME (Weinberg ’23). Before the music, players and coaches from the NU men’s and women’s basketball teams made an appearance. (Cate Bouvet/The Daily Northwestern)NU field hockey defeated Penn State 4-0 on Friday evening at Lakeside Field. Junior defender Ilse Tromp (pictured) recorded an assist in the game. The Wildcats also played on Monday and took their first loss of the season against Princeton, falling 3-2. (Charlie Perlman/The Daily Northwestern)The Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum, in partnership with Evanston Township High School, hosted its second annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Powwow at the school’s Willie May Field House on Monday. (Jack Baker/The Daily Northwestern)Sixty-five unique looks walked down the elevated runway in The Woman’s Club of Evanston during “Threaded Stories: A Runaway Show of Distinctive Fashion” on Sunday. As part of Chicago Fashion Week, the show featured work from 12 independent designers, with each presenting four to six looks. After each designer’s collection was presented, the designers themselves came on stage to answer a few questions and talk about their work. (Marissa Fernandez/The Daily Northwestern)Nearly 150 NU students gathered at Floyd Long Field on Saturday morning for the “Wicked Cup,” an annual soccer tournament organized by the student group NU World Cup. The event featured 12 teams of students with different genders, class years and experience levels, all competing for a pumpkin trophy and bragging rights. (Jack Greenspan/The Daily Northwestern)NU held strong on defense in a 0-0 Saturday draw with Michigan State, refusing to allow a single shot on goal despite losing senior defender Nigel Prince to injury in the 56th minute. (Bryan Boanoh/The Daily Northwestern)
