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Vampire Weekend, Ben & Jerry’s founder to campaign for Bernie Sanders at Northwestern on Friday

March 10, 2016

Members of the indie-rock band Vampire Weekend and one of the founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream will campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday morning at...

Former President Bill Clinton hosts a Clinton Global Initiative infrastructure meeting at city hall in Los Angeles on Thursday, April 3, 2014. Clintons initiative calls for him to meet with municipal leaders to discuss infrastructure issues. Northwestern students were invited to attend the Clinton Global Initiative University, an annual meeting of more than 1,000 students with plans for action in their college campuses, communities or around the world, to give them a chance to network and fundraise.

26 Northwestern students will attend Clinton Global Initiative University in April

March 2, 2016

When the Clinton Global Initiative University convenes at the University of California, Berkeley in early April, 26 Northwestern students will present their ideas to combat global challenges. CGI U...

Students and staff members pray during a vigil at The Rock on Tuesday. The vigil was held to honor the lives of three young men killed last week in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and to pray for the recovery of a teen shot by a police officer in Salt Lake City over the weekend.

Students gather to honor lives of young men killed, pray for recovery of teen shot

March 2, 2016

About 70 Northwestern students and staff members gathered at The Rock on Tuesday to honor the lives of three young men killed last week and to pray for the recovery of a teen shot by a police officer over...

Biology Prof. Fred Turek discusses the scientific research conducted on astronaut Scott Kelly and his twin brother at a party for the former’s return to Earth Tuesday. Northwestern investigators, whose research focused on bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, made up one of 10 research teams studying the twins to determine the effects of space travel on human biology.

Astronaut Scott Kelly returns home from longest American space trip, studied by Northwestern

March 2, 2016

After nearly a year in space, astronaut Scott Kelly came back to Earth Tuesday night, an event Northwestern researchers and students celebrated with a homecoming party as they watched a live video feed...

Sarayah Wright (left), Michelle Sanders (middle) and Robel Worku (right) lead a presentation about the importance of voting for the black community. The event, Black Votes Matter, was co-hosted by Black Lives Matter NU and Illinois and Indiana Regional Organizing Network Students of Northwestern United.

Student groups host event about importance of black community’s involvement in politics

March 2, 2016

Early last year, Weinberg senior Robel Worku came across a video online of a Los Angeles Police Department officer shooting and killing a black man named Africa on the streets last March. Until that point,...

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