• Henri Lauzière Awarded The Alumnae of Northwestern University 2020-2023 Teaching Professorship

    Henri Lauzière is Associate Professor of modern Middle Eastern history at Northwestern University.
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  • The Alumnae's 2020 Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients

    Sarah Van Wart and Jennifer Lackey, The Alumnae of Northwestern University's 2020 Curriculum Innovation Award Recipients From Northwestern Now:   Inspiring students to examine mass incarceration in the U.S. Curriculum innovation awards will also tackle the ethics of technology February 04, 2020 | By Mohamed Abdelfattah
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  • Susan Page, 2019 Alumnae Award Recipient

      EVANSTON, Ill. --- Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief of USA Today, is the recipient of The Alumnae of Northwestern University’s 2019 Alumnae Award. Her book, The Mariarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty, published in April 2019, is a New York Times best seller. She is now working on a biography of Nancy Pelosi, titled Madam Speaker.
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  • US Navy Vice Admiral, Lisa Franchetti (2016 Alumnae Award) receives 2019 Alumni Medal

    Congratulations to US Navy Vice Admiral, Lisa Franchetti (2016 Alumnae Award) as one of three recipients of the 2019 Northwestern Alumni Medal--Northwestern Alumni Association’s highest honor. Her medal was presented at the President's Alumni Panel, Friday, October 25, 2019, at Norris Center. The other recipients are Bridgette Proctor Heller and Yie-Hsin Hung.
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  • Alumnae Teaching Professors, Susie Phillips 2014 and Nick Davis 2017

    Nick Davis was introduced as the 2017 Teaching Professor, a three year award, at the University Teaching Awards. He is pictured here with Susie Phillips, the previous recipient.  May 22, 2017 Nick Davis Awarded Alumnae Teaching Professorship
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Announcements

Fri, 05/29/2020 - 4:38pm

EVANSTON, Ill. --- The Alumnae of Northwestern University has selected three recipients to receive its 2020-21 Graduate Fellowships for graduate-level tuition. The fellowships are awarded to full-time students in terminal master’s degree programs who show promise of achieving distinction in careers that will serve the public good. Criteria for selection include quality of scholarship, leadership, community service, professional experience, and financial need.
Read about these outstanding women, Isabella Barber, Natalie Hanson, and Karli Goldenberg--the Graduate Fellows for 2020-2021--by clicking on the attachment below.

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Sat, 05/16/2020 - 4:14pm

EVANSTON, Ill. --- The Alumnae of Northwestern University has awarded funding for five programs that will bring guest artists and distinguished scholars and speakers to campus to enhance the undergraduate experience.
These intriguing programs also will be of interest to faculty, graduate students, other Northwestern community members, and, in some cases, the general public.

To read about the five recipients click HERE.
Fri, 05/15/2020 - 2:22pm

EVANSTON, Ill. --- The Alumnae of Northwestern University is pleased to honor 13 students who have been named as recipients of the Alumnae Undergraduate Research Grants.

“Today, increasing numbers of undergraduates from all disciplines want to pursue research projects on a variety of topics, including music, art history, psychology, biological sciences, Radio/Television/Film, global health, neuroscience, theatre, physics, and journalism. The Alumnae Centennial Endowment addresses this need by making such opportunities available,” notes The Alumnae president Michele Bresler.

Click HERE to read about the recipients of $3,500 grants, their interesting and challenging projects, and their sponsors.
Thu, 05/07/2020 - 9:51am

Evanston, Ill. --- Sophia Ruark is the recipient of the 2020 Senior Woman’s Service Award given by The Alumnae of Northwestern University. The award, established by The Alumnae in 2002, honors a senior woman for volunteer service during her undergraduate years at Northwestern University.

Sophia, from Grand Ledge, Michigan, a senior in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (WCAS) and at the Illinois Institute of Technology, is graduating this spring with a major in psychology and a legal studies minor.

Click HERE for the complete News Release.
Thu, 04/16/2020 - 5:02pm

We are sending you our warmest wishes for a safe and healthy time while we all shelter in place.

Because of the continuing risk of exposure of the COVID-19 virus for everyone who would be managing or attending classes, we have decided to cancel our Summer 2020 program.

We will decide about our holding our Fall 2020 courses when we have more information regarding everyone's abiltity to safely resume public gatherings, and the Northwestern University campus is open again.

We look forward to welcoming you back to campus for our next series of engaging and enriching courses.