'Cats at the Friendly Confines 😼

Northwestern baseball will host Purdue at Wrigley Field at 7 p.m. CT on April 26.

🎟 cubs.com/nubaseball

Six Northwestern faculty—Mike Cloud, Nina Kraus, Chad Mirkin, Teri Odom, Krista Thompson and Petia Vlahovska—have been named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows.

Congratulations! bit.ly/3Jm5mBG | GuggenheimFoundation

“How can I create environments that allow people to be safer?” 💡

That's the question Lauren Dandridge Gaines ’04 aims to answer with her lighting design firm, Chromatic. bit.ly/3Ubkg41

Northwestern students Kaylyn Ahn and Anna Dellit have been named 2024 Truman Scholars in recognition of their academic achievement and commitment to leadership and service.

Congratulations!

bit.ly/3PWIpc4 | Truman Scholarship

Hiya, hyacinths!🪻
Signs of spring are popping up on campus. 💜

📸 Josh Sukoff

Deering Library is slated for a major renovation that will markedly improve the facility while preserving its history. Set to begin in June, the work will include the renovation of select prominent public spaces and upgrades to attendant infrastructure: alum.nu/3Udf0wP

It might be hard to top Monday's solar eclipse, but Northwestern has some events lined up that will help you take advantage of this warm weather and sunshine.

Here are some things to do at NU this week ⬇️ bit.ly/3UalvAm

Congratulations to students Eugenia Cao, Elizabeth Casolo (BSJ25), Daniel Gross (BSJ25) and janya (BSJ25) for winning the 2024 RJI Student Innovation Competition: Their NU Knight Lab team won the $10,000 grand prize for their project. Read more: spr.ly/6016weJc2

Catching the eclipse from the Lakefill 😎🌖

Wildcats gathered on campus yesterday to see the 94% #SolarEclipse visible from Evanston!

📸 Josh Sukoff

Medill welcomes Jonathan Eig (BSJ86), Lisa Franchetti (BSJ85), Joe Fryer (BSJ00), Kimberley Crews Goode (BSJ87), Michael Lazerow (BSJ96, MSJ96), Jerry Tarde (BSJ78) and Carlos Zepeda (IMC98) into its Hall of Achievement Class of 2024. Read more: spr.ly/6019wkyUb

“The Night Watchman,” Louise Erdrich’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, has been named the One Book One NU selection for 2024-25 📚

All incoming first-year and transfer students will receive a copy of the book, alongside a variety of University-wide programming. bit.ly/4aqZZ08

A $1 million grant from @Knightfdn through Press Forward will allow faculty from NU School of Comm and Northwestern Medill to help develop best practices for news organizations using generative AI. alum.nu/4cL9Gbh Northwestern Foundation Relations Northwestern