Dear President Schill and Provost Hagerty, Northwestern’s University Mission declares its commitment to encourage debate; champion access, diversity and belonging; strengthen our community; and care...

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...

The African American Studies department will officially change its name to the Black Studies department in the next few months pending final approval by Northwestern’s Board of Trustees, according to...

Black Northwestern students discussed diversity within the University's Black community, administrators’ responses to student activism and the African American Studies department’s role in supporting...

Faculty of color discussed experiences of racism on campus, frustration with the University’s lack of support and its impact on students in a Monday panel. Moderator Shannon Barlett, associate dean...