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Applause for a Cause’s eighth feature-length film will feature a college senior who needs one final credit to graduate and takes the only remaining class: Necromancy 101. “It’s like a Gen Z, comedic version of ‘The Godfather,’” said Communication senior and Co-Director Sam Friedman. “NECRO 101” is set to premiere during Northwestern’s film fest at...

Five Northwestern faculty members were honored with 2024 University Teaching Awards, celebrating excellence and innovation among undergraduate faculty, the University announced on Monday.  Communication Prof. Masi Asare, Communication Prof. Barbara Butts, Medill Prof. Mei-Ling Hopgood, McCormick Prof. Ilya Mikhelson and French Prof. Cynthia Nazarian received the annually awarded honor. To receive the award, faculty members...

Seven Northwestern faculty members are being honored with 2023 University Teaching Awards. The annual recognition is given to professors who demonstrate excellence and innovation in undergraduate teaching.

Andrew Gordon, CEO and co-founder of technological engagement company Includifi, spoke about intersections of race in study abroad experiences Wednesday as Northwestern’s Black History Month Global Week’s keynote speaker. Gordon, who created Diversity Abroad, an organization promoting equitable global learning, said it’s often difficult for students of color to make sense of the opportunities available...

Military experts and academics discussed potential developments with the war in Ukraine, including Western aid to the country and the potential use of weapons of mass destruction, in a Thursday panel at the Guild Lounge. “What we are most fearful of is that (Russian President Vladimir Putin) would turn to — now that he’s not...

Lorraine Goffe, Northwestern’s vice president for human resources, outlined potential solutions to University staff retention problems at Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting.  Several hundred people filled out NU’s former employee survey, which was sent in March to employees who had left their position in the last 12 months to understand their reasoning. Goffe said the response...

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Five faculty members are being honored with the 2022 University Teaching Awards. The annual recognition is given to professors who demonstrate excellence and innovation in undergraduate teaching.Over the past two years, the unpredictable nature of th

Hundreds of women celebrated “sisters doing business for themselves” at a major Lancashire showcase.