Politics
As president of one of the nation’s top public media organizations, Duchesne Drew ’94 MS oversees MPR News and music offerings, which reach more than 800,000 radio listeners combined each week. Minnesota has regularly found itself in the national spotlight in recent years, and Drew says part of his mission at MPR is to help stitch together his beleaguered yet resilient community.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Ian Kerrigan ’00 was meeting with fellow Peace Corps health volunteers in southern Togo in West Africa when a colleague said, “Hey, turn on the radio!” Kerrigan’s outsider perspective on that tragic day’s events help inform his work as senior vice president for exhibitions at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York City.
This fall, the Northwestern Alumni Association will present its highest honor, the Alumni Medal, to three graduates whose achievements and service exemplify leadership and excellence.
As mayor of Highland Park, Ill., Nancy Rotering ’85 MBA prioritizes fiscal responsibility, public safety and community building. She also has a passion for teaching young people to advocate for themselves.
A gift from Northwestern Trustee Jennifer Leischner Litowitz ’91 and Alec Litowitz in support of the Center for Enlightened Disagreement will accelerate the University’s impact on promoting constructive dialogue. In recognition of the Litowitzes’ generosity, the University has renamed the center in their honor.
Historian Margaret Pugh O’Mara ’92 explains how Big Tech’s unprecedented influence in American politics is reshaping the country — and what lessons from history can tell us about this current moment.
Carter Sherman ’16 is no stranger to polarizing debates. As a reproductive health and justice reporter for The Guardian, a British daily newspaper, she covers topics that are often controversial, such as sex education and birth control access.
Across engineering, medicine, communications technology and more, faculty share why conducting basic science research is fundamentally important, opening paths to medical breakthroughs and innovation.
Since 2015, the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs has opened new vistas for international research and teaching.
Emily Glazer ’10, Raj Mankad ’99 and Alissa Zhu ’15 each received 2025 Pulitzer Prizes in national reporting, editorial writing and local reporting.
