On Main Library’s fifth floor, visitors can grab a virtual reality headset and be virtually immersed in material culture from an African collection. The exhibition, called “Augmented Curiosities: Virtual Play in African Pasts and Futures,” uses augmented reality and virtual reality technologies to generate an innovative user experience with objects from Northwestern’s Herskovits Library of.
When the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1 in E minor in 1933, she became the first Black woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer. Though she is foundational to modern classical music, she doesn’t receive the same recognition as white composers. But the Bienen School of Music hopes to recognize.
Several local leaders presented their plans to achieve more equitable housing policies through reworking zoning codes in Evanston and in the Chicago area during a virtual seminar Wednesday. Event organizer Gail Schechter said the local group Community Alliance for Better Government hosted the conversation to work on addressing the effects of redlining in Evanston by.
This spring, another 105 students have vowed to take “Marriage 101.” First taught in Spring Quarter 2000, this year marks the course’s 23rd anniversary at Northwestern. SESP Prof. Alexandra Solomon has been involved in teaching Human Development and Psychological Services 340: Building Loving and Lasting Relationships: Marriage 101 since its inception — first as a.
When I set out to watch Amazon Freevee’s “Jury Duty,” I expected a simple comedy. Though I wasn’t entirely wrong, the show turned out to be much more: a social experiment filled with wholesome moments and important messages about kindness. The eight-episode mockumentary follows Ronald Gladden, a contractor cast through Craigslist, as he experiences the.