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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.

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.

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Dear Alumnae Continuing Education students, 

Regretfully, The Alumnae of Northwestern University Continuing Education Program is cancelling all four Spring 2020 courses.

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

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.

"The Alumnae of Northwestern University is proud to present the 2019 Alumnae Award to Susan Page,” say Alumnae Award committee co-chairs Mary Schuette and Susie Stein. “She joins a distinguished group of women from such diverse fields as business, education, music, medicine, science, theater, and public service, bringing honor to Northwestern University".  Click this link to read more.   https://www.nualumnae.org/award-recipient/susan-page

EVANSTON, Ill. --- The Alumnae of Northwestern University has selected six students to receive 2019-2020 Alumnae of Northwestern University STEM scholarships, which are awarded to students who excel in a STEM major (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). The intent of this scholarship program, which began in 2010, is to free students from work commitments so they may more vigorously pursue their chosen area of study and other university endeavors.

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.