Search committee to find new leader for Northwestern athletics

Northwestern today announced the formation of a search committee to identify the next leader of Wildcat athletics and recreation. James J. Phillips, the Combe Family Vice President for Athletics and Recreation, will become the next commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference in February.

Janna Blais, deputy director of athletics for administration and policy, will serve as interim vice president for athletics and recreation upon Phillips’ departure in February.

Read more about Blais and the search committee.

What are your plans for 2021?

Everyone would like to see better things in the new year ahead — in our own lives, on the block or around the world. So, we asked Northwestern students to consider their ideas, actions and ambitions and tell us what they might change — or continue — in order to make a positive impact in 2021.

Check out the responses from inspirational Wildcats across the University.

The upside of volatile space weather

Although violent and unpredictable, stellar flares emitted by a planet’s host star do not necessarily prevent life from forming, according to a new Northwestern study.

Learn more about stellar flares.

Considering the pandemic diet

This spring, as COVID-19 spread across the country, consumers began making noticeably different choices. Shoppers stripped grocery store shelves of household staples. Hand sanitizer sold out. And consumers began buying more natural and organic foods, apparently placing healthfulness over price. However, a new study finds that consumers also made plenty of choices that weren’t that healthy at all.

Read more about what researchers found.