Northwestern University Rock Wildcam: High Bandwidth

Rock Wildcam: High Bandwidth






	This view of the Rock comes from a webcam installed in University Hall. The image is refreshed every minute for 5 minutes, after which the image does not refresh. Click on the image for a smaller (Low Bandwidth) version.

You may not immediately see the live Wildcam image owing to many other visitors also viewing the Wildcams. If this occurs, please wait for the image to refresh, choose the Low Resolution version, or try again at another time.
During the daytime, you may see glare as the sunlight hits the web camera.
At night, the surrounding light is not sufficient to see a clear image.

Questions? Comments? Contact webmaster@northwestern.edu.

The Rock

The Rock, near University Hall, is one of the best known landmarks on the Evanston campus. It has been a symbol at Northwestern University for more than 100 years. Students began painting the Rock in the 1940s, first as a prank, then as an accepted avenue of expression. Now, almost every night, a different group paints a message or symbols promoting a particular cause or event. The Rock has been the site of protests and gatherings since the 1960s, and today stands as "a mystical sort of abstract presence on campus," according to University archivist Patrick M. Quinn.