Mara Brock Akil (Medill ’92), a Hollywood screenwriter and television producer, will deliver Medill’s 2023 convocation address June 11, the school announced Wednesday.  Brock Akil has written and...

The Monthly Mara Brock Akil (Medill ’92) still remembers the first time she made an audience laugh. As a freshman at Northwestern, she volunteered to help some friends in the Black sketch comedy...

When Mara Brock Akil (Medill ’92) first met Medill Prof. J.A. Adande (Medill ’92) during their new student orientation meeting, Adande said she was “just a girl from Kansas City” wearing overalls. “What...