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University President Morton Schapiro discussed Northwestern’s efforts to diversify its student body and expand global outreach at a Tuesday Q&A. Schapiro, who will depart NU in August, said making the University more accessible and affordable has been a primary goal of his tenure. When he arrived in 2009, he said, 8% of the student body. ....
Northwestern Now MLK Dream Week events Jan. 13 to 19 Mariame Kaba will deliver the MLK Dream Week keynote. Photo by Gion Carlo Northwestern University will commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a series of virtual Dream Week events beginning with Mariame Kaba’s keynote address at 4 p.m. CST Wednesday, Jan. 13. Several events are free and open to the public, including the keynote. Additional public events include an oratorical contest at noon, Friday, Jan. 15, the Alpha Phi Alpha Candlelight Vigil at 3 p.m., Monday, Jan. 18 and a panel on systemic racism in law and medicine at noon, Tuesday, Jan. 19. ....
Abolition activist Mariame Kaba to deliver MLK keynote address Mariame Kaba. The abolition activist will give the keynote address during Northwestern’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Week in January. December 18, 2020 Abolition activist Mariame Kaba will give the keynote address during Northwestern’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Week in January. Kaba, who studied sociology at Northwestern and has taught courses at the University in the past, is a prison industrial complex abolitionist and educator. She founded Project NIA, a grassroots organization that aims to end youth incarceration, along with several social justice organizations based in Chicago. Among other projects, Kaba is a lead researcher at the Barnard Center for Research on Women for the Interrupting Criminalization initiative. ....