My Northwestern Direction
In the My Northwestern Direction essay, Northwestern Magazine highlights the diverse paths our alumni, students, faculty and staff have taken and explores the many ways the University intersects with their lives.
Julie Plec showed up at Northwestern in September 1990 with big dreams of a future in Hollywood, inspired by everything she’d ever read in Entertainment Weekly and Premiere magazine. Nothing prepared her for life in entertainment more than “tech week” for student theater productions.
To Find the Truth, Cut Through the Noise
Democracy Depends on Inclusive Education
My Story Is Sharing Black Stories
A New Citizen Finally at Home
An Uncommon Recipe for Success
Using Small Science to Solve Big Problems
Multiple Perspectives Lead to Better Research
Physics Education Fuels Passion to Help and Teach
Silver Linings from a Pandemic Graduation
Deep Listening Reveals Shared Humanity
Acting Classes Guide Film Editor
Editor Highlights the Power of Social Justice Journalism
On Board with STEM
On Becoming a Teacher — and a Poet
Medill Professor Was My Guiding Light
All Roads Point to Northwestern
Set for Life
Northwestern Teaches Anything Is Possible
From One Revolution to Another
Partnerships Make Transformation Possible
Finding Harmony in Different Voices
‘Toxic’ Artist Makes Paint from Sludge
The Power of Difficult Conversations
