The NCAA basketball tournament is a win-or-go-home event. That can produce human stories as inspirational as they are dramatic. Point guard Boo Buie’s final game as a Northwestern Wildcat qualified as one of those. With a little over a minute left, coach Chris Collins took Buie out of a second-round game in which NU was… Continue reading Northwestern coach-star embrace at a career’s end was inspiring
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No. 9 seed Northwestern loses 75-58 to top seed UConn in NCAA Tournament
NEW YORK — Donovan Clingan, Tristen Newton and top overall seed UConn overwhelmed an undermanned Northwestern team 75-58 on Sunday night to sail into the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Newton had 20 points and 10 assists, and Clingan finished with 14 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocks as the Huskies (33-3) led wire-to-wire… Continue reading No. 9 seed Northwestern loses 75-58 to top seed UConn in NCAA Tournament
Northwestern faces No. 1 UConn in 2nd round
As if an overtime thriller wasn’t difficult enough for Northwestern in their NCAA Tournament opener, now comes the hard part. The really hard part. The ninth-seeded Wildcats extended their March Madness story Friday, defeating No. 8 seed Florida Atlantic 77-65 in OT at the Barclays Center in New York and advancing to the Round of 32… Continue reading Northwestern faces No. 1 UConn in 2nd round
Northwestern law student pleads for family’s safe return from Gaza
In a past life, Yasmeen Elagha’s visits to Khan Yunis, the largest city in southern Gaza, were marked by platters of knafah gazawiya, a nutty dessert made with semolina soaked in a sweet syrup, and late nights with her enormous extended family across homes east of the Mediterranean Sea. She doesn’t know if that’ll ever… Continue reading Northwestern law student pleads for family’s safe return from Gaza
At Northwestern Medicine patients can record their legal sex as ‘X’
As a plastic surgeon at Northwestern Medicine, Dr. Sumanas Jordan knows transgender and nonbinary patients can have unique needs. About half of her patients come in for gender-affirming surgeries, and their tests and treatments often lead to deep conversations about gender identity. Now, conversations about gender at Northwestern Medicine are expanding to include patients’ medical… Continue reading At Northwestern Medicine patients can record their legal sex as ‘X’