People & Profiles
After interviewing her grandparents about their lives, Elizabeth Weingarten realized the power of asking questions. She explains how facing uncertainty with a curious mind can lead to unexpected clarity.
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.
Sports executive, actor and former professional soccer player Andy McDermott is founder and CEO of Intentional Sports. The organization’s world-class facility offers free or low-cost sports activities and other programming to kids on Chicago’s northwest side.
Rachel Sillcocks is co-owner and co-founder of the Michelin-starred San Francisco restaurant Hilda and Jesse, which started as a pop-up and is now well-known for its whimsically styled interior and eclectic dinner and brunch menus.
While attending a service at a synagogue, Broadway playwright Michele Lowe ’79 realized she might be able to use her stagecraft skills in an unexpected way — to help rabbis connect with their congregations.
Emily Glazer ’10, Raj Mankad ’99 and Alissa Zhu ’15 each received 2025 Pulitzer Prizes in national reporting, editorial writing and local reporting.
The Northwestern Alumni Association bestows its greatest honor, the Alumni Medal, on four alumni for their professional achievement and service to the University.
Following her sold-out off-Broadway performances in New York City, Liz Coin ’19 is bringing her one-woman show, Lizzy Sunshine, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show explores what it’s like to be the little sister of someone struggling with addiction.
During graduation weekend for Northwestern’s Class of 2025, President Michael Schill sat down with Commencement speaker Steve Carell ’25 H, parent of both a recent alum and a current student. Schill’s test sparked a novel rendition of the Northwestern fight song and a discussion of the challenges of improvising Chekhov and featured a spoiler-heavy recap of Carell’s recent TV roles.
Tiffany Chen ’18 MS, who worked at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, shares her thoughts on the elimination of public health communications departments at a time when she believes trusted voices in public health are needed most.
