Caroline Brew

The Northwestern Emeriti Organization won the Innovation Award in October for their series of “mini-courses.” NEO was one of three Innovation Award winners from the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education. NEO established the courses in 2019 in partnership with the Evanston Publ…

Northwestern students, including members of Reform CAPS, have pushed for an overhaul of NU’s student mental health services.

Northwestern Dining reinstated salad meal exchanges at MOD Pizza on Jan. 31, with help from Bienen sophomore Allison Brook. Meal exchanges allow students to utilize credit from their meal plans up to five times a week at select restaurants and vendors on campus. NU Dining previously offered the sala…

The number of positive COVID-19 cases on Northwestern’s campus increased by 67% this week, the second week in a row of rising cases. The campus positivity rate rose to 4.35% from last week’s 2.78% since the University suspended testing requirements for students three weeks ago. Students who have not…

As college-aged Americans started getting vaccinated against COVID-19 in April 2021, third-year comparative literary studies Ph.D. student Raina Bhagat felt helpless. Travel restrictions barred her from returning home to India, and she could only watch from abroad as her loved ones suffered. “My gra…

Students gathered on the Lakefill Monday at dawn for Fajr, a prayer performed before sunrise, to celebrate Eid al-Fitr — the holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. “As soon as you pray the sunrise prayer, we all started eating to symbolize the idea that we’re no longer fasting, and we took a bunch o…

Northwestern will increase undergraduate tuition by 4% and increase financial aid by 4.1%, according to a Friday news release.  Tuition will increase from $62,391 this year to $64,887 for the 2023-24 academic year. Room and board will increase about 4.6%, from $19,440 to $20,333.  The total cost of attendance for undergraduates living on campus, discounting...