Weinberg second-year Lucas Kritz practices writing an “alif” and even spacing in Kresge 2435 during MENA Student Association’s Calligraphy Workshop event for Arab Heritage month. Photo by Angelica Lanuza / North by NorthwesternIt can take nearly a decade for an Arabic calligraphy student to receive an ijazah, a diploma signifying
Dr. Immerwahr Dr. Immerwahr Daniel Immerwahr is a professor, historian and bestselling author of How to Hide an Empire, which was named one of the top 10 books of 2019 by the Chicago Tribune. Most students know Professor Immerwahr for teaching HISTORY 250-2, Global History: A Modern World. It’s
Dr. Greenwell Dr. Greenwell Dr. Ava Thompson Greenwell’s dining room in her Shepard Hall residence is both spacious and cozy. The golden-hour sun illuminates the warm wood of a large rectangular dining table adorned with three small vases of bright yellow and magenta flowers. As a South Area faculty-in-residence,
Pantira Ketkaew, Djungelskog and friends Pantira Ketkaew, Djungelskog and friends McCormick second-year Pantira Ketkaew and her boyfriend, McCormick second-year Jakub Kowalik, are both “drowning” in classes and labs, which means they can’t see each other as often. But Ketkaew still has the stuffed animals he has given her – a
Graphic by Rachel Yoon / North by NorthwesternThe hashtag #menwrittenbywomen, posted 44.7M times on TikTok as of April 2024, features men like Timothée Chalamet, Tom Holland and Matthew Gray Gubler — also known as “internet boyfriends.” But what makes them – or any man – written by a woman? According to Medill second-year
Will Kramer, Michael and the food Will Kramer, Michael and the food If Medill second-year Will Kramer and his roommate, Weinberg second-year Leka Davis, ever stop living together, they might have the custody battle of the century. There’s Michael, their inflatable and death-defying cow. Then there’s the tortilla
It is 7 a.m. on Friday morning. A helicopter flies over the tents and people that are beginning to stir. After 24 hours of protesting, chanting and events including a seder and prayers of Islam in the “Northwestern Liberation Zone” organized by the Northwestern Divestment Coalition on Deering Meadow,
Todd Gingrich Todd Gingrich Todd Gingrich is fascinated by the nonequilibrium chemical dynamics of theoretical chemistry. He says people actually know a surprising amount of theoretical chemistry just based on what they learned in high school about atoms, bonds and how these chemical systems work. Theoreticians like Gingrich are simply
Tyler Moyer and his mom’s gifts Tyler Moyer and his mom’s gifts When SESP first-year Tyler Moyer was in high school, he was a little embarrassed of his stuffed animals. He would make sure to move them off his bed during Zoom classes so no one would see
Slay Admin! Slay Admin! BY Sammi Li, Judy Zeng For the past few years, Josh McKenzie had a strong fanbase on NU’s. As the face of Wildcat Welcome, students cheered enthusiastically during his speeches and opened his emails gleefully. When McKenzie parted ways with NU last year, a question
Image courtesy of A24. Hot dogs. Cherry pie. Baseball. What do these things have in common? They’re American, of course.But what does that mean?In Alex Garland’s new speculative action film Civil War, America as we know it has dissolved into factions engaged in a bloody
Image courtesy of Amazon Prime Video / MGM StudiosFallout is a game series I’m intimately familiar with. Growing up, I watched my dad play Fallout: New Vegas, observing intently as he explored the nuclear wasteland. Since becoming old enough to play M-rated games, I’ve played Fallout 3, Fallout: New
Photo courtesy of MGM StudiosThis weekend’s Challengers panel opened with laughter over the mispronunciation of Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes’ last name. “You got Zendaya right,” the Emmy-winner told the panel’s moderator Kelley Carter, a Senior Entertainment Reporter at ESPN. Zendaya spoke at the virtual press conference Saturday alongside Director
Nya Ku and their frogs Nya Ku and their frogs School of Communication second-year Nya Ku’s bed is covered in stuffed animals — a lot of Jellycats (a London-based stuffed animal company) and a lot of frogs. The first Jellycat in Ku’s collection was from their mom, as a
Helen Davis and Lamby Helen Davis and Lamby School of Communication first-year Helen Davis grew up in Evanston, Ill., just a few minutes away from Northwestern’s campus. But when the time came for her to move down the street into her freshman dorm this past September, Davis was still