A New Home for the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center
The expanded space hosts student groups and programming for LGBTQIA+ students and serves as a drop-in space for studying and hanging out.
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February 2024 Purple Line
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February 2024
Top Stories
Human Longevity Lab Will Study Methods to Slow or Reverse Aging
Northwestern Medicine scientists will investigate the relationship between chronological age and biological age across different organ systems and help people live longer, healthier lives.
Conference Looks Back on 1924 Indian Citizenship Act
Native scholars and law professionals from tribal nations gathered at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law to discuss the law, which gave citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S., and the future of Indigenous sovereignty.
Marketing Professors Recall 10 Best Super Bowl Ads of the Past Two Decades
The Kellogg School of Management’s Tim Calkins and Derek Rucker celebrate 20 years of the Kellogg Super Bowl Advertising Review and reveal the 2024 rankings.
Northwestern Announces Members of President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate
The committee will play a critical role in helping to create conditions in which students, faculty and staff of all religious and cultural affiliations can thrive.
Center for Enlightened Disagreement Launches at Northwestern and Kellogg School of Management
The innovative new research center will bring together top academics and leading thinkers to promote constructive discourse in today’s increasingly polarized world.
David Lively (’26 P) Named Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development
He joined the University more than a decade ago and oversaw We Will. The Campaign for Northwestern, one of the largest fundraising campaigns in U.S. higher education history.
Join Kellogg School of Management Dean Francesca Cornelli and Henry Nguyen ’99 MD, ’01 MBA, executive chairman at TIMO Vietnam, for the webinar series “Conversations with Kellogg Leaders” on March 12.
Stay Connected
A Global Celebration for Northwestern Connects 2024
Northwestern alumni and friends celebrated the annual series of networking events in 104 locations around the world on January 30.
Explore Alumni Author Talks, Podcast Honoring Black History Month
The Northwestern Alumni Association is highlighting people, organizations and events shaping Black history and enriching the Northwestern community.
Save the Date for Homecoming and Reunion Weekend November 14–17
Undergraduate alumni with class years ending in 4 or 9 will celebrate milestone reunions. All Northwestern alumni, family and friends are invited to participate in a full schedule of events.