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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...