Alumni & Students

Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences celebrates the class of 2023! To commemorate their upcoming graduation, we’ve connected with a few seniors about their time at Weinberg College and future plans. Vivica E. Lewis will be graduating in June and...

Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences celebrates the class of 2023! To commemorate their upcoming graduation, we’ve connected with a few seniors about their time at Weinberg College and future plans. Laurisa Sastoque will be graduating in June with majors...

Sara Ibrahim serves as co-president of the Middle Eastern North African Student Association, the group spearheading Arab Heritage Month celebration. A Weinberg junior, Ibrahim was born in Cairo and grew up in Chicago. She is passionate about journalism and advocacy and...

Laurisa Sastoque Class of 2023 she/her Arch Programs Posner and Peer Mentoring Major/Minor English Creative Writing and History Why did you decide to participate in Arch? I was really excited about the opportunity to conduct a research project with a mentor through Posner. Additionally, I really enjoyed connecting...

The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. To commemorate this celebration, the department spotlights some of its alumni. What inspired you to pursue a major or minor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC)? My mother...

Eve Downing, a third-year student in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern, has won a $7,000 scholarship from the Udall Foundation, recognizing her leadership and service on environmental issues. Downing is originally from Alaska, where she has been active in...

Northwestern student Irena Petryk, a senior in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 2023 Truman Scholarship. Also having been named a 2023 Rhodes Scholar in November, Petryk has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to public service since enrolling at Northwestern....

The Econometrics Game, held annually by the University of Chicago, is a fast-paced competition where teams of one to four undergraduate students from universities across the US and internationally are given 13 hours with a dataset to devise and answer...

Laurisa Sastoque, a senior in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 2023 Gates Cambridge Scholarship. This award recognizes Sastoque and others in her cohort as not only accomplished academics, but also as emerging leaders who will...

Truth be told, David Ngene, Jr. '08 never intended to become a liberal arts student. Upon enrolling at Northwestern in 2003, Ngene, a first-generation college student from Houston, set his sights on a degree in mechanical engineering. He envisioned engineering, with...