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Northwestern affirmed its commitment to diversity in a statement Thursday after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that affirmative action admission policies are unconstitutional. The decision strikes down the use of race as a factor in college admissions processes. The case, Students for Fair Admissions. v. Harvard and University of North Carolina, is expected to have...

Roberta Buffett Elliott, Chris Galvin and Charles S. Modlin Jr. will receive the Northwestern Alumni Medal, the University announced Tuesday. The medal, which is NU Alumni Association’s highest honor, recognizes former NU students who make a “transformative” impact on their fields, volunteer service, society or the University. Approximately 100 alumni have received the medal since...

Evanston closed beaches and canceled some outdoor events Tuesday, warning of unhealthy air quality levels. The smokey air in the area comes after wildfire smoke from Canada moved into the region. Air quality indexes rank the Chicagoland area as the current worst in the world, with an AQI of approximately 190 fine particles per cubic...

Evanston residents gathered Saturday for the city’s fourth annual Juneteenth celebration. The city observed the holiday with a parade, kicking off at Robert Crown Community Center, that led into a day-long celebration at Ingraham Park. The national holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black people. Although Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, it...

The Weekend Ahead is back. Over the summer, we’ll highlight events on campus and in Evanston to help you craft the perfect weekend plans. On campus: “FORTITUDE or/AND GENTLENESS”  Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts  Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 2:00 p.m.  $6 in advance for full-time NU students, see...

Milan Mrksich is stepping down as Northwestern’s vice president for research, the University announced Thursday. Mrksich joined the University’s administration in 2011 and has led the Office for Research since 2019. According to a news release, Mrksich is leaving so he can return to full-time research at NU. “Milan is an accomplished researcher in his...

Speakers called on Northwestern’s class of 2023 to be kind and lean on community during the University’s Commencement ceremony. Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered this year’s Commencement speech, which focused on lessons learned through the TV show, “The Office,” first released in 2005.  “Be more substance than show, set aside cruelty for kindness. Put one foot...

Christopher Schuh (McCormick ‘01) will serve as the dean of McCormick School of Engineering beginning Aug. 1, the University announced in a Tuesday news release.  Schuh will be the first McCormick alum to hold the position, according to the release. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Schuh focuses his research on structural metallurgy....

Michael Schill was inaugurated Friday morning as Northwestern’s 17th president. The New York native took office in September 2022, only two months after Rebecca Blank stepped down as president-elect after receiving a cancer diagnosis. Blank died in February. “It broke her heart to step down from the role last summer … the NU community continues...