RTVF department chair David Tolchinsky to end term after serving in position for 10 years
Allie Goulding, Assistant Design Editor
June 1, 2018
Filed under Campus, Faculty, Latest Stories
David Tolchinsky’s term as department chair of the Department of Radio, Television and Film will come to an end this September, the School of Communication announced to faculty in a Wednesday email. RTVF associate chair Zayd Dohrn will succeed Tolchinsky beginning Sept. 1. According to a news...
NU professors, students working to create historical climate map of Midwest
Rachel Kupfer, Reporter
May 31, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Science & Technology
Picture the dirt at the bottom of a lake: It may seem slimy, squishy and unappealing. But for Earth and Planetary Sciences Prof. Yarrow Axford’s research team, that sediment is key to understanding the Midwest’s past climate, or “paleoclimate.” Peter Puleo, a Weinberg junior, has been...
WNUR announces full lineup for Dillo Day second stage
Jonah Dylan, Campus Editor
May 31, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Student Entertainment
WNUR finished announcing Wednesday its lineup for the Nongshim America x WNUR stage during Dillo Day. The lineup includes rock band Guerilla Toss, rapper CupcakKe, DJ Jasmine Infiniti, metal artist VIOLENCE and Chicago-based quintet Dos Santos. Guerilla Toss was formed in 2010 in Boston. They’ve...
Friends remember Ananya Agrawal as humorous, caring
Alan Perez, Assistant Campus Editor
May 31, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
Humorous memories of Ananya Agrawal aren’t hard to come by. Agrawal once told a friend he was attending a baseball game “starring the Cubs.” A gym enthusiast, he once bought a shirt of a buff Willie the Wildcat below the word “Northchestern.” And while living in an apartment for the first...
NU community honors Ananya Agrawal at memorial
Ally Mauch, Assistant Web Editor
May 31, 2018
Filed under Campus, Events, Instagram Posts, Latest Stories, Top Stories
Music filled Alice Millar Chapel on Wednesday evening as community members gathered in memory of Ananya Agrawal, a Weinberg senior who died Saturday night. More than 100 students, faculty, administrators, alumni and family members came to the memorial hosted by the Phi Mu Alpha music fraternity, which Agraw...
Water purification startup NUMiX wins VentureCat startup competition
Jonah Dylan, Campus Editor
May 31, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Science & Technology
Water purification startup NUMiX Materials won Northwestern startup competition VentureCat on May 23. The competition, originally founded as the Northwestern University Venture Challenge in 2007, now ends with a pitch competition in which $100,000 is awarded. NUMiX specializes in efficiently removing...
Community engagement resolution presented at ASG Senate
Gabby Birenbaum, Assistant Campus Editor
May 31, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Student Government
Associated Student Government senators introduced a resolution Wednesday urging Northwestern’s administration to support community engagement among students. Former vice president for community relations Michael Deneroff and For Members Only senator Emma Evans presented the resolution. Both said...
Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging Northwestern mismanaged retirement plans
May 30, 2018
Filed under Administration, Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
A United States district court judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday that alleged Northwestern mismanaged its employees’ retirement and voluntary savings plans. In his opinion, Judge Jorge Alonso dismissed all seven of the plaintiffs’ counts and denied their recent motion to file a second-amended complaint. “Plaintiffs’...
Al Cubbage prepares to step down after 2 decades as voice of Northwestern
Maddie Burakoff, Print Managing Editor
May 30, 2018
Filed under Administration, Campus, Latest Stories, Top Stories
When Al Cubbage (Medill ’78, ’87) was looking to pursue a master’s degree in journalism, he knew Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism was the only place he really wanted to be. Since then, he’s just kept coming back. Now, after receiving two Medill master’s degrees, marrying his...
ASG Senate seat apportionment reform presented at forum
Gabby Birenbaum, Assistant Campus Editor
May 30, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Student Government, Top Campus Stories
For as long as Associated Student Government Senate institutional memory stretches, residential senators have formed the least active senatorial caucus, Political Union senator Alex Smith said. “They have a sad rate of chronic truancy,” the Weinberg sophomore said. “I believe that less than...
EPD investigating Weinberg senior Ananya Agrawal’s death as suicide, official ruling may take weeks
Syd Stone, City Editor
May 29, 2018
Filed under Campus, Campus Safety, Latest Stories
The Evanston Police Department is investigating Weinberg senior Ananya Agrawal’s death as a suicide, Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said Tuesday. Glew said Agrawal was found and pronounced dead at 630 Emerson St. on Saturday night. Becky Schlikerman, spokeswoman for the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, told T...
New UP Commander of Police Services brings community involvement to role
Rachel Kupfer, Reporter
May 29, 2018
Filed under Campus, Faculty, Latest Stories
After 21 years at Purdue University, Cmdr. Eric Chin will continue his service within the Big Ten at Northwestern. Chin started his new position as the Commander of Police Services for Evanston with the Northwestern University Police Department in February. Previously, he was a captain in charge of...
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