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Northwestern Alumni retweeted
🌳 💮 From the flowering trees of the Conservatory Garden to the hidden waterfalls of the North Woods, today’s Central Park Walking Club proved to be an opportunity to explore + share conversations with Wildcats from a variety of class years.
#NUinNYC #NorthwesternAlumni
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"That’s what makes life and everyday social interactions more fun—when you’re learning and getting inspired by someone new."
Idil Kara '21 helps build connections and community as president of @NorthwesternNYC.
spr.ly/6018B8QsYA | @NUAlumni
Northwestern Alumni retweeted
G'day from Down Under! We're kicking off this year's NU Connects in Sydney with Wildcat spirit and alumni from Auckland and Melbourne, too. Go Cats! #northwesternalumni #nuconnects
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Status Secured 😤
Congratulations to Wildcat alum Dylan Wu for securing his PGA Tour card for the 2026 season!
Root for the Northwestern Wildcats in the @GameAboveBowl in Detroit on December 26. Explore tickets and register for the N Zone Pep Rally: alum.nu/4aw8UA8
We’re bowling! 💜 🏈
The Northwestern Wildcats will take on the Central Michigan Chippewas in the 2025 GameAbove Sports Bowl in Detroit on December 26. Check back for more details: alum.nu/3XV0YkJ
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@NorthwesternU alumna Roberta Buffett Elliott has made a new $11.8 million gift to support global undergraduate initiatives at the @BuffettInst and @WCCIAS's newly renamed Roberta Buffett International Studies Program. Learn more about her generous gift: news.northwestern.edu/storie…
Northwestern Alumni retweeted
💜🍫Last Sunday, it was love at first bite when we enjoyed an evening of chocolate tasting on the LES w/ fellow @NUAlumni Angela Borah ’05 (pastry chef, chocolatier, & consultant)
#NorthwesternAlumni #NUinNYC
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Congratulations to these Medill alumni who have been announced as 2025 @PulitzerPrizes winners and finalists! We also congratulate our alumni who were part of newsroom staff that also won Pulitzer Prizes.
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A Northwestern thread in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway hit "Purpose" 🎭👏
Harry Lennix '86 stars alongside @NU_SoC faculty member Alana Arenas—& several other Wildcats are on the crew. Lennix also earned a nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Play.
📸 @marcjfranklin
ALT Harry Lennix (Solomon) in "Purpose"
ALT The full company of actors in "Purpose"
ALT Alana Arenas (Morgan) and Kara Young (Aziza) in "Purpose"
Northwestern Alumni retweeted
Mark your calendars: VentureCat 2025 will be on May 28 🗓️
25 semifinalist teams across five tracks have been selected to participate in Northwestern's annual student startup competition, in which a prize pool of $175K+ is distributed.
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ALT 2024 VentureCat finalist Juxta delivers a pitch during the Public Showcase
ALT SteadyScrib team members hug on stage during the 2024 VentureCat competition
Northwestern Alumni retweeted
Critical research and scholarship happens every day at Northwestern, much of it fueled by federal funding.
Through our cutting-edge work, we experiment together, push boundaries and open new lines of inquiry—the results can be lifesaving.
▶️ northwestern.edu/research-nu…
ALT a graphic that reads "Life-changing cures and solutions, discovered right here." with a photo of a Northwestern researcher.
Northwestern Alumni retweeted
In this period of uncertainty, the University will fund research that is subject to stop-work orders or the federal funding freeze, President Schill and Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris announced today.
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Calling all alumni in the Chicagoland! Join us for Lacrosse Night tomorrow at 7 p.m. nusports.evenue.net/event/L2…
Time to show up and show out 🌊
Join us Thursday Night on the lake for a night like never before! 7PM!
Tickets: nusports.evenue.net/event/L2…
Northwestern University Dance Marathon (@NUDM) returned this weekend, and students raised over $191,000 for Chicago Hopes for Kids (@chihopesforkids) and the Evanston Community Foundation (@EvanstonForever). Bravo, dancers! 💜 👏
ALT Northwestern University Dance Marathon 2025 presented a check for over $191,000.
ALT Students at the Northwestern University Dance Marathon 2025.
ALT Student performers at the Northwestern University Dance Marathon 2025.
Northwestern engineers have developed what they believe is the world’s smallest pacemaker. 💜
Smaller than a grain of rice, the pacemaker is paired with a small, flexible, wireless, wearable device that mounts onto a patient’s chest to control pacing: alum.nu/3FUDyWN
ALT From left, a traditional pacemaker, a leadless pacemaker and the new pacemaker.
