Today’s tip: The Return to Campus Discussion Series continues at noon Thursday, July 23, with a dialogue about Fall Quarter academic planning. Register now. Or, visit the site to submit questions and watch previous events.

Saving Africa’s last rhinos

With more than 8,000 poached in South Africa from 2010 through 2019, rhinos are likely to become extinct within our lifetime. And while conservationists and rangers have tried many methods to deter poachers, with little success, Northwestern Engineering student Saif Bhatti may have a solution.

Read about Bhatti’s new technology in Northwestern Magazine.

Todd Adams named to new post at University of Denver

Todd Adams, associate vice president and dean of students, will leave Northwestern to take on a new position in September as vice chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Denver.

’Cats cap great year in class

Northwestern capped off a record-breaking year in the classroom with all 19 varsity programs posting a department-record average team GPA of 3.427. In addition, a school-record 288 student-athletes were recognized with Academic All-Big Ten honors this year.

Global art endeavors this summer

Northwestern’s arts faculty will make a mark globally this season with published research, new books, a traveling art exhibition and an opera exploring teens and mental health set to premiere in Germany.

Check out the works on stage, page and more.

Other News

A Northwestern start-up has won a new prize from the journal Nature for technology that “speaks for a patient group that does not itself have a voice.”

Americans overwhelmingly support freedom of the press, but many do not trust the U.S. news media, according to a new survey by Medill and The Harris Poll.

Patients who died from COVID-19 in 2020 were almost 12 times more likely to die in a medical facility than patients who died from any cause in 2018, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.