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Northwestern University Dance Marathon named Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana as its 2024 primary beneficiary Thursday night. The nonprofit organization will receive 90% of financial donations from NUDM, which is now in its 50th year. The Evanston Community Foundation, NUDM’s long standing secondary beneficiary, will receive the other 10%. RMHC-CNI provides...
Student startup Cue the Curves, an app focused on plus-size fashion, won the $150,000 grand prize at Wednesday’s VentureCat competition. Five other startups presented at the annual event, which allows Northwestern students to win money and gain exposure for their companies. This year, the total prize pool was more than $325,000. The Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship...
Jonathan Bailey Holland will serve as the dean of Bienen School of Music beginning Sept. 1, according to a Northwestern news release. Holland, whose music has been commissioned by leading orchestras and contemporary ensembles nationally and internationally, is an advocate for music education. He received a bachelor’s degree in music from the Curtis Institute of...