University Health Services, in conjunction with the Evanston Department of Health and Human Services, began providing free H1N1 vaccinations to students on Tuesday. The vaccinations, which health officials administered between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at Patten Gymnasium and Norris Student Center, were reserved for “priority groups” on Tuesday, which includes anyone between the ages [...]

Donald Kohn, the vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, discussed the factors that led to the current financial crisis in front of a few hundred people in Leverone Auditorium on Monday.

An in-depth look at the creation of the strategic plan for the next ten years at Northwestern.

The Northwestern team beat 17 other schools in the regional competition, and will represent the Chicago Federal Reserve district in the national college Fed Challenge.

Rapper Lupe Fiasco and actor Michael Ealy were part of a panel discussing grassroots history and participatory democracy during an event Wednesday night promoting a History Channel documentary The People Speak. The event featured live readings, excerpts of the film and in-depth discussion.

Individuals across Northwestern are coming together to further cancer research thanks to a five-year, $13.6 million grant awarded by the National Cancer Institute. The result of this interdisciplinary collaboration will be a Physical Sciences-Oncology center (PS-OC) that brings new models and perspectives to the study of cancer.

The annual survey of the Chronicle of Higher Education showed that Bienen’s total compensation dropped by $438,835 in the 2008 fiscal year. But Bienen’s salary from 2007 was reportedly inflated by payments that he had deferred from previous years.

The state’s attorney office filed a new motion on Tuesday suggesting a private investigator working with the Medill Innocence Project may have paid off a witness to provide exculpatory evidence for the case of Anthony McKinney, who was convicted in 1978 of killing a security guard in the Chicago suburb of Harvey.

An alert on Northwestern University’s Web site stated that a female student was reportedly sexually abused Monday at around 9 p.m. in a hallway on the second floor of Tech.
According to the report, a male subject began to speak with the woman, and when she walked away the man grabbed her by the arm [...]

A new 10-year strategic plan emphasizes strengthening Northwestern as a global leader in academia and improving intellectual, civic and social life.

In light of the blackface incident and recent instances of racial profiling, Associated Student Government, Student Affairs and the Coalition of Colors united to put on a public forum Thursday evening to discuss blackface and other racial issues at Northwestern.

In response to two e-mails from Northwestern Police last week, the Sexual Health and Assault Peer Education group organized a panel to provide information and to discuss sexual assault on a larger scale.

Colorado State University professor Michele Betsill speaks on climate change. Photo by Kevin Short.

A sense of urgency about the hazards of climate change echoed through the McCormick Tribune Center today, as people gathered to discuss global warming at Northwestern’s first Climate Change Symposium. With just about a month left before the global climate conference [...]

International children’s book exhibit “An Imaginary Library,” open since October 9 for a three-month stay, showcases striking artwork. The exhibit consists of 75 original pieces accompanied by a description of what the illustrator envisioned for the story.

Following a loss to Penn State on Saturday, Northwestern football fans are not the only ones worried about the rest of the season. The peddlers at Ryan Field came close to losing their jobs last week, when the Northwestern University Police Department attempted to ban them from selling food, beverages and merchandise at Wildcat games [...]