Northwestern University’s undergraduate students will dance for 30 consecutive hours on March 4-6, 2022 as a part of Northwestern University Dance Marathon (NUDM) to raise money for Chicago Youth Programs (CYP) and the Evanston Community Foundation (ECF). The marathon will celebrate a yearlong philanthropic effort to help Chicago’s youth overcome systemic inequities and obtain the […]
We recently had the opportunity to connect with Northwestern University professor Wendy Pearlman to discuss her moving new book, “We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled,” a collection of firsthand testimonials from Syrian refugees. Make It Better: You spent four years interviewing more than 300 refugees. Which voices did you select for the book, and why? Wendy […]
At a youthful 88, Lester Crown, chairman of Henry Crown & Company, proves that good guys really can finish first. He inherited an industrial empire from his up-by-the-bootstraps father, along with fine personal values like hard work and a love of family, community, religion and philanthropy. Crown gained enormous civic respect as he expanded […]