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Sarah Jessica Parker underscores individuality, curiousity in commencement speech
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (1224+ words) For those who couldn't help but wonder what advice Sarah Jessica Parker might offer graduates during Northwestern's 168th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, the actor and producer's address at Chicago's United Center focused on embracing individuality, curiosity and the golden rule. Before…...
Class of 2026 marches back through The Arch, reflects on upcoming graduation
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (449+ words) To a chorus of cheering families and friends, Northwestern's Class of 2026 retraced their steps during March Back Through The Arch on Friday, kicking off graduation weekend. NU seniors were met with purple pompoms as they recalled fond memories and walked…...
City to provide free weekday breakfast and lunch to children this summer
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (219+ words) Evanston will serve free cold breakfasts and lunches on weekdays to children and teens ages 1 to 18 beginning this Monday." The meals will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis at locations across the city through Aug. 14. Breakfast will be served…...
r00bies4ever puts a spin on life after college
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (688+ words) Chicago DJ Abigail Grohmann first met Lucy Rubinstein (Bienen "25) at a coffee shop in Lakeview. Rubinstein brought a spiral notebook and a pen, asking questions and writing down Grohmann"s answers. Rubinstein, then 19, was learning how to be a DJ…...
Student Employees of the Year talk workplace fun, community impact
2+ week, 3+ day ago (682+ words) Four weeks before Weinberg senior Narmeen Chahal leaves for the summer, she started preparing a classroom of kids at the Learning Bridge Early Education Center " and herself " to say farewell. "I have to prepare myself for it because this is…...
Gallery: Hapt E takes home Venture Cat grand prize
2+ week, 3+ day ago (136+ words) At Northwestern's annual Venture Cat competition for student businesses, Mc Cormick senior Trevor Abbott and Mc Cormick sophomore Quinn Mc Ginley took home $100, 000 for their startup Hapt E, a computer vision system designed to improve the efficiency of warehouse operations....
D65 announces new principals
2+ week, 5+ day ago (242+ words) In a series of messages on Tuesday evening, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner announced the appointments of two new principals to lead Lincoln Elementary School and Chute Middle School. David Davis will serve as the next principal of…...
Students present research, creative work at annual Undergraduate Research & Arts Exposition
3+ week, 3+ day ago (409+ words) The 2026 Northwestern Undergraduate Research & Arts Exposition took place at Norris University Center and the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday. The exposition in Norris featured nearly 200 student poster presentations, split between two poster sessions and 40 oral…...
NU undergraduate tuition to increase 3. 5% for 2026-27 school year
3+ week, 4+ day ago (60+ words) Northwestern undergraduate tuition will increase by 3. 5% for the 2026-27 academic year, the University announced in a Wednesday news release. The cost of undergraduate tuition will be $71, 802, with total expenses, including standard room and board and other fees, reaching around $96, 000. The 2025-26 academic…...
Gallery: University leadership, trustees, students attend Cohen Lawn Community Celebration
1+ mon, 10+ hour ago (111+ words) As students gathered Wednesday at Norris University Center for the Cohen Lawn Community Celebration, University leadership, donors and trustees congregated just upstairs on the rooftop of Luna's Pub & Grill. Attendees included Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris, interim President Henry…...