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Northwestern alumna Ruby Scanlon ’22 has been named a 2023 Schwarzman Scholar.

Ruby Scanlon (SESP ʼ22) was named a Schwarzman Scholar in December and will pursue a fully-funded master’s degree in Global Affairs in Beijing, China.  Scanlon will join the eighth cohort of the program, along with 150 other admitted students, according to a Schwarzman Scholar press release. She will attend Schwarzman College on the campus of...

    Northwestern Mock Trial may sound like an activity exclusively for aspiring lawyers, but students in the program say the range of experiences Mock Trial provides and the creativity it requires means the club attracts a diverse group of people from across NU. The Daily explores what makes Mock Trial such a good team,...

Northwestern’s Mock Trial team captured eighth place earlier this month at the American Mock Trial Association National Championship Tournament — the group’s best finish since 2015. Several team members said the win broke the “curse” they joked kept them from advancing beyond ninth place in the past three consecutive tournaments.  “Their eighth-place finish is not...

When nearly every piece of public health advice suggests keeping six feet away from others, relationships are suffering.

Young people are managing relationships and starting new ones. In a pandemic, it’s not easy. Lauren Lumpkin, Hannah Natanson Before endless Zoom calls and dutiful mask-wearing, Imani Bryant, a 21-year-old senior at Howard University, had what she calls a “pretty robust social life.” © Batenga Kiboneka Imani Bryant, a senior at Howard University, said she had a robust social life before the pandemic. She’d eat lunch with friends, share stories and laugh. “I s...