The Department of African American Studies celebrated its renaming to Black Studies in a Friday symposium titled “Black to Front.”  In April 2022, the department voted unanimously to change its...

When the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1 in E minor in 1933, she became the first Black woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer. Though she is foundational...

Spanish language Prof. Elena Lanza and Japanese language Prof. Noriko Taira Yasohama will be co-directors of the new Language Resource Center, the University announced in a news release. The center aims...

McCormick Prof. Yonggang Huang was elected as a Foreign Member to the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, Northwestern announced Wednesday. Huang’s election recognized...

As part of a process to eliminate bias in CTECs — Northwestern’s course and teacher evaluation program — the University will pilot a new survey system that centers students’ experiences within...