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Cosmia Opera Collective is breathing new life into a classical art form. The student-run opera group focuses on promoting contemporary works by women and other underrepresented creatives.

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Chasing Legends

Spring 2026
Daniel Svärd is one of only three Wildcat golfers to win two individual Big Ten Championships, joining Sidney Richardson ’39 in 1937–38 and Luke Donald ’01 in 2000–01.

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Daniel Svärd, dressed in a purple Northwestern hat, polo and sweater, holds his club up after finishing a swing and watches his shot.
On Sept. 28, 2025, Taeyoung Lee ’26 finished his sixth international Ironman triathlon, becoming the youngest person to complete an Ironman on six continents.

Race to the finish

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Northwestern researchers discovered that an experimental drug called NU-9 shows promise as an early intervention for Alzheimer’s disease. Invented by chemistry professor Richard Silverman, NU-9 is a small molecule compound that is currently being tested as a treatment for ALS.

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Nikash Khanna’s viral documentary series, Portraits, features informal interviews with people Khanna meets in his everyday life. His goal, he says, is to connect viewers with stories they might not otherwise encounter.

Get to know Khanna

Nikash Khanna stands in front of a concrete underpass. He wears dark jeans and a dark jacket and holds his camera in one hand.
In a partnership with the Chicago Botanic Garden, faculty, students and alumni of Northwestern’s Program in Plant Biology and Conservation study carnivorous plants, tequila’s source, life in forest canopies and more.

Dig into the research

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After four years as one of the best defenders in NCAA women’s lacrosse, Sammy White ’25 returned to Northwestern to accomplish her dream of playing women’s basketball. Now she’s back in a Wildcats uniform as a grad student, hitting the hardwood in the Big Ten.

From lacrosse to basketball

An action shot of Sammy White, wearing a Northwestern basketball uniform, palming a basketball.
Professor of economics and history Joel Mokyr won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Mokyr has taught at Northwestern for more than five decades.

Get to know a Nobel winner

Joel Mokyr, wearing a purple Northwestern tie and dark gray suit, smiles at the camera in front of a blurred background.
Northwestern engineering students took the top prize at NASA’s 2024 Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge, which asked teams to develop inflatable systems that could benefit future lunar missions.

Check out their creation

Trevor Abbott holds a piece of his team’s inflatable system. Additional pieces of the system sit on a table in front of him.
Divya Gupta explored many avenues during her four years at Northwestern. She became president of the women’s club tennis team, learned about international journalism in Japan, studied abroad in Spain, worked with the Institute for Policy Research and more.

Meet Gupta

Divya Gupta stands smiling at the camera holding a tennis racquet. She is wearing black shorts and a purple Northwestern shirt.