Tonight's the night! Join Northwestern Alumni Association & #NUSoC for "Parade" at Broadway in Chicago, followed by an alumni-led talkback with vice president of theatrical programming for Ambassador Theatre Group, North America, Erica Schwartz (C03). 🎟️: events.ard.northwestern.edu/en/Dn8g9BS7/...

Looking for another book to add to your end-of-summer reading list, #Wildcats? Check out #NU Magazine's profile on #NUSoC alum, Amanda Dunlap (C06), and her debut novel, "The Resurrectionist." - magazine.northwestern.edu/people/amand... 📸: A Rae Dunlap © Carolyn Nishon

The MSLCE program is thrilled to announce that Dr. Michael L. Counter Jr. will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2025 MSLCE Convocation ceremony on Friday, 8/22! Dr. Counter is a visionary leader at the crossroads of media, culture, & strategic innovation. Let's celebrate!🥳

We are proud of the #NUSoC's Northwestern Debate Society! These Wildcats sent three teams to the 79th National Debate Tournament and were recognized at the 2025 Honors Convocation for their achievements this season. They received both the Milton S. Florsheim Prize and the John B. Kirk Awards.

#NUSoC Dean E. Patrick Johnson spoke at this year's Henry and Emma Rogers Society Luncheon in the Guild Lounge in Scott Hall. It was wonderful to celebrate with #Northwestern alumni, faculty, and friends who all have a vision for the University’s greatness and have chosen to invest in its future.

Congratulations to all the #NUSoC staff who won awards for their incredible work and acts of service this year at the 2025 SoC Staff Awards!! Your leadership, efficiency, positive attitude, eagerness to help, and willingness to support others are not lost on us in the #NUSoC.

#Emmy nominations are in, and once again, #NUSoC alumni are feeling the love! 🫶😻 @StephenAtHome (C87, H11), Kathryn Hahn (C95, H24), & Britt Lower (C08) are just a few 'Cats who got a nod this week! 🔗 for more Wildcats & #Wildcat project nominations: communication.northwestern.edu/news-events/...

Are you joining us in the #NUSoC this Fall? Send us a photo or 10-second video, along with your major, your story, and where you're from, so we can introduce you to the rest of the wonderful SoC community. We can't wait to welcome you to campus! #GoCats Welcome #NU2029!

The SoC's American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) is excited to announce the Chicago Musical Theatre Writers Workshop, a free weekly writers’ lab for Chicago-based musical theatre composers, lyricists, & bookwriters. More info here: amtp.northwestern.edu/chicago-musi...

40 years after the Chicago World's Fair, visitors returned for another exposition of technology & opulence. Historian, scholar, and #NUSoC grad Lindsay Fullerton details the event in her new book "Ephemeral City: A People’s History of Chicago’s Century of Progress World’s Fair."

A few #faves from Northwestern's 167th Commencement! 📸 by Shane Collins

Can interactive art shift how we relate to the natural world & confront growing environmental crises? The #NAA is collaborating w/#NUSoC Prof. Özge Samanci on an Alumni Ed Webinar called "Interactive Art in an Age of Ecological Crisis," on 7/1 at Noon. 🔗: events.ard.northwestern.edu/Dn8g9BS7/5a6...

Looking for some #Summer enrichment, Wildcats? Check out podcast series "Arts Educators Save the World" created by #NUSoC alumni Erica Halverson (C97), Lee Overtree (C02), & Jamie Salka (C00)! Dan Lipton (Bienen 97) is the composer: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a.... Listen today, #Wilcats!

#NUSoC, contribute to the #ResearchMatters campaign today! NU is building a collective showcase of research impact across our community. So, whether you're in the lab or the classroom, help spread the word about the meaningful impact of your research. 🔗: www.northwestern.edu/research-nu/...

Check out our Dean, E. Patrick Johnson, on @abc7chicago.bsky.social today talking about his viral dance with Steve Carell from #NU's Commencement on Sunday! Talk about #SoCSeriousPlay! #GoCats 🔗: abc7chicago.com/post/nu-2025...

Thank you to Tony and Grammy Award-winning singer and actor Heather Headley (C96) for presiding over our 2025 Convocation ceremony! From your jaw-dropping rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” to your wise and inspiring words, we were honored to have you address your fellow Wildcats! 🌸😸💜 #GoCats

Congratulations to the #NUSoC’s Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Noshir Contractor, on his achievement as the winner of this year’s B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award for the International Communication Association.

#NUSoC's Commencement weekend brought rainbows, tears, and a dance party with Steve Carell. Congratulations Wildcats! You did it! We will miss you. 💜😻✨ communication.northwestern.edu/news-events/...

The BAC welcomes applications for the 2025 BAC Summer Institute, “Black Ecologies: Art, Performance, and Evolution,” to be held 7/21-7/25 on #NU’s Chicago campus. Scholars and practitioners of all disciplines are welcome.

The Alumnae of #NU has awarded funding for projects that will bring artists, scholars, & speakers to campus to enhance student experiences for the 25-26 academic year. #NUSoC Profs. Jessica Thebus & Linda Gates' projects were chosen. Congrats Professors! Way to #SoCSeriousPlay!

Congratulations to all our School of Communication students who won awards at the #SoC 2025 Honors Convocation! It was a privilege to celebrate you & the hard work you have done over this year. To our Seniors, we can't wait to welcome you as you walk across the stage & become #northwesternalumni!

🥳It's time to celebrate! While studying communication studies and political science, Rand M. participated in the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program and NU’s Mock Trial team. Read more about him & a few more #NU2025 Grads here: magazine.northwestern.edu/exclusives/g...

Award-winning #composer, #lyricist, and #NUSoC Professor Masi Asare has been appointed as the new artistic director of Northwestern’s American Music Theatre Project (AMTP).

Graduating #NUSoC Documentary Media MFA students will present their bold new visions of cinema. Join us for Origins / Departures - Documentary Media MFA Showcase 2025 at the @NUBlockMuseum on 6/11 & 6/12, at 7:00 p.m. Register for FREE here: www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/cinema/2025/...

🔥It's bonfire season, friends!🔥 Join the SoC FGLI Student Planning Committee at the Lakefill Fire Pit on Friday, May 30, at 6:00 p.m. for the SoC FGLI Bonfire. All Wildcats are welcome! There will be be skewers, hotdogs, marshmallows, music, cornhole, and free swag while supplies last! See you soon!

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, #NUSoC! #RTVF Prof. Vera Brunner-Sung is a writer & director who often edits her projects. She uses documentary film to explore American identity & belonging. 🔗: communication.northwestern.edu/news-events/...

Join us June 6 for the 2025 Senior Showcase: NU Faces! The dedication and artistry of our #NUSoC seniors has been remarkable. Please come support them at the Josephine Louis Theater in the Wirtz Center for their final performance! RSVP by 5/28: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Interested in learning about some of the academic work of #NUSoC Dean E. Patrick Johnson? Join us 5/25 for “Honeypot" & a discussion with the Dean and the women from his book, "Honeypot: Black Southern Women Who Love Women." A reception & a meet and greet will follow! 🔗: lnkd.in/d9VrECYe.

Let's Go 'Cats!😼 #RTVF professors Pierce Gradone, Brett Neveu, and Ozge Samanci's projects were among the 29 grants The Alumnae of NU funded for the 2025-26 academic year! They awarded $134,000 for a wide range of projects. #SoCSeriousPlay at its finest.

#ICYMI: #NUSoC Prof. Derrick Fields will host "Getting Started in the Gaming Industry," an Alumni Education Webinar, Tuesday, 5/20 at 1:30 pm. Fields is a digital artist and game designer. Register today: events.ard.northwestern.edu/en/Dn8g9BS7/...

#RTVF Prof. Jacob Smith & special guest, and avid birder, Maggie Olson (C20) will be hosting the NU Birders or NUB (pronounced noob) annual Spring Migration Bird Walk Wednesday, 5/14 at 8 am! Meet them at the Arch for this free event. Learn more here: sites.northwestern.edu/nub. 📸 : Maggie Olson

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, #NUSoC! The Pritzker Pucker Studio Lab will screen #RTVF Prof. Vera Brunner-Sung's film, "BITTERROOT," Thursday, 5/8. The reception starts at 6:30 p.m. & the screening at 7:00 p.m. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/bitterroot...

✨Save the Date✨ Wildcats, make sure to mark your calendars for ShareCase 2025. This showcase, put on by our #NUSoC MFA in Acting graduate students, will take place in Abbott Hall at Wirtz Center Chicago. #SoCSeriousPlay #northwestern #northwesternuniversity #Wildcats #theatre #actor

NU's biggest musical tradition, Waa-Mu, is back—bigger, bolder, & more ✨magical✨ than ever, & #NUSoC #Alumni, you're invited! Join them from May 2–3, for toasts, performances, & reunions to celebrate Waa-Mu’s 94th Annual Show: ARCH MADNESS! RSVP: tinyurl.com/WAA-Alumni

#DecisionDay is here, and we’re excited to welcome all you new #Theatre, #CSD, #PerformanceStudies, #RTVF, and #CommunicationStudies majors to the #NUSoC! Fall can't come fast enough!! See you soon! #GoCats!! #socseriousplay #northwestern #soc #northwesternuniversity #wildcats #socseriousplay

Congrats to #NUSoC #CSD professor, Viorica Marian, who was elected a 2024 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Marian's research uses behavioral & neurological measures to study the human linguistic capacity. 🔗: news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

Attention Wildcats! Northwestern University Center for Audiology, Speech, Language, and Learning is hosting a FREE healthy hearing event! Register now and head to the clinic on 5/16 to get your hearing assessed and learn about hearing protection. Call now to secure your spot: (847) 491-3165!

Have you ever wondered what it takes to launch a career in the video game industry? #NUSoC Prof. Derrick Fields will be hosting "Getting Started in the Gaming Industry," an Alumni Education Webinar, tomorrow at Noon CT. Register now: events.ard.northwestern.edu/en/Dn8g9BS7/...

Gríma Irmudóttir is an #NUSoC MFA Candidate in #DocumentaryMedia whose work explores personal stories that illuminate societal issues. Recently, she spoke at a screening of her film "The Day Iceland Stood Still" (2024) at the University of Toronto. Way to #SoCSeriousPlay, Gríma!

Introducing the next generation of filmmakers! Five films created by #NUSoC Wildcats past and present will premiere at the 20th #CineYouth Festival, presented by Chicago International Film Festival, this weekend from April 25 – 27 at FACETS and virtually April 28 – May 4! #GoCats

⬅️Throwback to when the #NUSoC's Black Arts Consortium hosted visual artist Abraham Oghobase for an artist talk to culminate his artist residency. Oghobase engages w/issues around knowledge production, land, colonial history, & representation using his photography-based practice.

Congrats Cats! Two flagship programs in the #NUSoC got a boost in rankings in the U.S. News and World Report's latest assessment. The Doctor of Audiology program is now #2 among U.S. audiology programs & the Master of Science in Speech, Language, and Learning is #3 among its peers.

Please join the Knowles Hearing Center in honoring renowned soprano, Renée Fleming! Fleming will be the keynote speaker at this year's Knowles Prize Celebration on Wednesday, April 23, at 4:00 p.m. in the Galvin Recital Hall. RSVP here: knowleshearingcenter.northwestern.edu/registration...

#NUSoC Staff, you’re invited to our very first Coffee Hour! A relaxed, informal gathering designed to foster connection, conversation, and community. This space is all about coming together across departments to share, listen, and grow. RSVP here: forms.office.com/pages/respon....

#NUSoC 1st year Elise Lee finished the Augusta National Women’s Amateur last weekend, tied for 14th, the highest finish at that event in program history. Lauryn Nguyen, an #NUSoC Senior, also did well shooting a 147 in her 2nd straight appearance. Way to go Wildcats! 📸: David Paul Morris

It's here! Northwestern University Tree Tour (NUTT), a GPS-aligned audio tour of Evanston campus trees that provides commentary on trees by professors, facilities personnel, scientists, & campus historians, has been published! NUTT can be found here: explore.echoes.xyz/collections/...

Happy Second day of class #Wildcats! To reward yourself for making it through your second, first day of the quarter, peruse the @nytimes "Movies That We Loved Since 2000" list. It includes films by Radio/TV/Film professors Kyle Henry and J.P. Sniadecki: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Royer Bockus (C12) is an actor, singer, and dancer based in NYC, but don’t forget to add composer to that list too. Read all about how she turned Minnesotans' love stories into songs, as part of the Gutherie Theater's "Midsummer's Night Dream" production, here: www.startribune.com/miraculous-u...

It's #RegularDecisionDay! Congrats to the newest Wildcats joining the #NUSoC! We can't wait to share the classroom, lab, and stage with you! If you're new, share your major and what you're most looking forward to in the comments below! #Wildcats help us welcome all of our newest friends! #GoCats 😸💜👏

The #NUSoC will hit a high note this spring when Tony & Grammy Award-winning singer & actor Heather Headley (C96) presides over our 2025 Convocation. She will join Dean E. Patrick Johnson in celebrating the Class of 2025 Saturday, June 14. Read more: communication.northwestern.edu/news-events/...