Northwestern Hillel welcomed about 240 students to its annual Dillo Shabbat — this year, an alien-themed celebration of the Sabbath — on Friday. Attendees enjoyed falafel, pita and hummus as well as Italian ice from Rita’s. A green inflatable alien next to a bubble-blowing machine greeted visitors outside the Hillel building, in keeping with the.
Feinberg fourth-year student Kayla Giger, who is Ojibwe, said she is the only Native student in her class — and there are none in the two classes above her. Out of the more than 21,000 students who graduated from medical school in 2022, only 193 self-identified as American Indian or Alaska Native, according to the.
Several local leaders presented their plans to achieve more equitable housing policies through reworking zoning codes in Evanston and in the Chicago area during a virtual seminar Wednesday. Event organizer Gail Schechter said the local group Community Alliance for Better Government hosted the conversation to work on addressing the effects of redlining in Evanston by.
Last summer, Project MED — a Northwestern student group aiming to prepare and educate high school students from underrepresented backgrounds for careers in health care — took home the top award at the inaugural U7+ Alliance of World Universities Student Challenge. In February, lightning struck twice for the group, as it won first prize at.
Newton Minow (Communication ’49, Pritzker ’50), a Northwestern trustee and the Walter Annenberg Professor Emeritus, died Saturday at age 97. Minow, who received the Northwestern Alumni Medal in 1978, joined the Board of Trustees in 1975 and became a life trustee in 1987. “We mourn the loss of Newt, who was a beloved member of.