Spring 2016

About the Magazine

Northwestern is the quarterly alumni magazine for Northwestern University.
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Contents

Features

Game Master

George R.R. Martin says Northwestern made him a writer

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Shoot Yourself

Students posed for quirky self-portraits for yearbook

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Say What?

Northwestern audiologists can help overcome hearing loss

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Homecoming and Reunion 2015

Rose Bowl team celebrated 20th anniversary

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Update: The Campaign for Northwestern

‘We Will’ supports breakthroughs in nanotechnology

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Campus Life

Then: Breaking Barriers

Gridiron star became decorated Tuskegee airman

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Amazingrace Returns

Students host re-enactment of protest-born coffeehouse

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Game On for eSports

Award-winning club fosters gaming community

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Around the World

Students make their mark through research, service

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The Twin Experiment

Team studies health effects of long-term space travel

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Picking the Best Flicks

Northwestern team weighs in on greatest film of all time

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Lacrosse Crossover Star

Selena Lasota won't be boxed in

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How to Throw a Rise Ball

Pitching coach Michelle Gascoigne explains the pitch

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Alumni Life

Funding Site Fuels Student Projects

Catalyzer platform connects donors to campus causes

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My Northwestern Direction: Zara Cooper

Good communications is good medicine

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Josh Givens: Food Operations Boss

Former ad exec runs famed Harlem eatery

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Karen Herman: Rock Historian

Hall of fame curator tells stories of rock ’n’ roll

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Dan Lawson: Star Costume Designer

Costume designer dressed The Good Wife

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Mark Sontag: Hockey Doc

Mark Sontag keeps the San Jose Sharks skating toward Cup

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Alumni Updates

Eddie George, Mike Greenberg and Guy Benson

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Passings

Dale Bumpers and Lois Weisberg

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Purple Prose

Navigate by the Stars

Technology should not replace old-school skills

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Mailbox

Mailbox

Response to letter critical of LGBT research

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