This weekend, Northwestern families can tailgate at Ryan Field, stargaze at Dearborn Observatory and meet with University President Michael Schill, among other activities. Family Weekend officially kicks off Friday, and NU has packed the three days with events for families coming from out of town. The Division of Student Affairs works with NU schools, the...
Julio M. Ottino, dean of the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University, will step down as dean at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, Provost Kathleen Hagerty announced today.
If you’re looking for weekend plans, here are some performances on Northwestern’s campus and in Evanston that you won’t want to miss. NU: Wildcat Warm-Up and Pep Rally Deering Meadow Friday 4:30 p.m. Free entry Get hyped for Homecoming. Featuring NU Marching Band, the beloved Willie the Wildcat and selected student organizations, this event kicks...
Two and a half years after its originally scheduled inauguration in spring 2020, “Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s” has arrived at the Block Museum of Art. Students, faculty and community members gathered Wednesday evening to welcome the exhibit to Northwestern. “This exhibition brings to light the works of artists who have been...
Tribune critics review "Don't Worry Darling," "Abbott Elementary" and The Omakase Room at Sushi-San, plus regional apple orchards and kosher wines for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
THIS PAST SUMMER, denizens of and visitors to Chicago had the opportunity to engage with three extraordinary modes of Black feminist curatorial practice that spanned the breadth of the city. At the South Side Community Art Center, zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal and LaMar R. Gayles Jr. mounted the revelatory “Emergence: Intersections at the Center”; at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Naomi Beckwith, deputy director and chief curator of New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, unveiled her superb retrospective of queer Chicago artist Nick Cave, “Forothermore”; and at Northwestern University’s
With more than 250 sculptures from cultures across the continent, it is the largest show to date to explore the aesthetic appreciation of these objects through the eyes of their African makers and users and to make clear that their appearance is intimately tied to their function.