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2024 Holiday Guide

Gingerbread house.

Sticky situations solved: Tips for a gingerbread house that stands tall

December 4, 2024

Snowflakes dance in the night sky, red and green Christmas lights twinkle on your tree, and you sit by the fireplace in an ugly Christmas sweater, sipping a warm cup of hot cocoa. But there’s just one...

NU’s Deering Library, despite being closed for renovation, is complemented by tree branches decorated with lights.

Gallery: Holiday lights illuminate Northwestern campus and downtown Evanston

December 4, 2024

As the end of Fall Quarter approaches, so does the beginning of the holiday season. Since late November, several trees in Northwestern and downtown Evanston have been adorned with lights, bringing holiday...

SAD symptoms are similar to depression symptoms including withdrawal, less pleasure from typically enjoyable activities, increased irritability and fatigue and a decrease in concentration.

Faculty, students share seasonal depression coping strategies

December 4, 2024

Psychology Prof. Wendi Gardner was diagnosed with winter seasonal depression after moving to Ohio from Florida for graduate school. As she experienced her first Midwest winter, she said she noticed...

several people pose in a group for a photo

Faculty bring holiday spirit to classes, host dinners

December 4, 2024

One of Medill Prof. Karen Springen’s fondest memories from college is when her professors welcomed students into their homes during the holiday season. She said this inspired her to host an annual Thanksgiving...

I’ve experienced how college is a hectic time packed with mistakes. It was important to experience those freshman-coded mishaps without it impacting another person, let alone someone I had just met.

Villaflor: The January Rule

December 4, 2024

When I was in high school, I obsessed over university life by reading an obscene number of online articles.  None impacted me as much as the admissions blog from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,...

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2024 Holiday Guide