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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Meghan Markle (Communication ’03) and Prince Harry greet a crowd. The couple will get married in St. George’s Chapel on May 19.

Meghan Markle’s road up the steps of the palace

May 9, 2018

It’s a tale as old as time: Whether it’s Marilyn Monroe wooing the likes of Laurence Olivier in “The Prince and the Showgirl,” or Meg Ryan charming Hugh Jackman in “Kate & Leopold,” fictional...

Amanda Jane Cooper (left) and Jackie Burns star in Broadway’s “Wicked.” For the second year in a row, Northwestern ranked seventh in Playbill’s list of the most represented colleges on the Broadway stage.

Northwestern theater education leads Wildcats to Broadway success

December 11, 2017

Open any Broadway playbill right now and there’s a decent chance you’ll find a Wildcat’s name somewhere inside. For the second year in a row, Northwestern ranked seventh in Playbill’s list of...

Harvey Young, chair of Northwestern’s Department of Theatre. Young will leave for Boston University after spending 15 years at NU.

Theater chair Harvey Young prepares to leave NU for Boston

November 21, 2017

In high school, Communication Prof. Harvey Young said he became “enamored” with theater, but never saw himself as an actor, instead preferring to stick to backstage work like lighting design and stage...

Abbott Hall on Northwestern’s Chicago campus. The downtown space will house a new center for graduate theater programs, including the MFA in acting that is planned to be in place by 2019.

School of Communication to create master’s program in acting

October 22, 2017

When Barbara O’Keefe started as the dean of Northwestern’s School of Communication in 2000, she said creating a Master of Fine Arts program in acting was part of her first strategic plan. The School...

Communication students express relief after credit requirement lowered

November 11, 2016

The School of Communication was the first undergraduate school at Northwestern to lower its credit requirements, which students say will give them more academic flexibility. The school dropped the number...

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