As Julie Friend drove around Pakistan with a convoy of Medill graduate students, the administrator — whose job was to make sure the young reporters stayed safe — said her chief concern was not terrorism...
When Julie Friend found out about the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris earlier this month, the first thing she thought was to make sure the four Northwestern students studying abroad there were safe.
Friend,...
Northwestern has suspended its Egypt study abroad programs in Cairo and Alexandria due to the increase in political unrest this summer.
NU’s study abroad office made the call in mid-July after the...
Disclosure is vital for treating mental health. No one knows that better than Terri Weaver.
While studying abroad in London in November, her daughter, Weinberg junior Alyssa Weaver, committed suicide....
Weinberg junior Alyssa Weaver committed suicide Wednesday while studying abroad in London.
University spokesman Al Cubbage said Monday that Weaver’s family notified Northwestern that she took her...
