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The speaker series is named in honor of one of Northwestern’s earliest Black alums to find success in musical theatre. Kelsey Pharr, Jr. (1917-1961) starred in the 1937 and 1939 Waa-Mu shows before performing on Broadway and touring the world with the Delta Rhythm Boys vocal group.

Winter is known to present numerous mental health challenges and amid Covid-19, it will prove to be even more challenging than normal, Northwestern Medicine psychiatrists predict. African-Americans will likely be impacted the most.
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Northwestern University professor Sera Young, a global expert on food and water insecurity, is available to comment on the impact of hunger in today’s world.

Historian Kevin Boyle teaches and writes about political extremism in the 20th century.
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A new survey indicates why Americans might see President Trump ahead at the end of election night on Nov. 3, but then see Biden pull ahead and declared the winner by the end the week.

The three-play series includes a reading of Alice Childress’s civil rights era drama “Wine in the Wilderness,” an experimental adaptation of “Antigone” and an evening of student-created multidisciplinary works responding to the current moment.

With this level of precision, the election forecast shows how single events, such as debates or tweets, might affect the potential outcome of the U.S. presidential election.

Moving across languages, national borders and cinematic styles, the wide spectrum of feminist filmmaking by women from the Middle East and North Africa is largely unknown in the United States.

Northwestern University undergraduate students will take part in a vice presidential debate watch party on Zoom Wednesday night with leading expert on presidential rhetoric and debate Professor David Zarefsky.
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Northwestern University’s Block Museum of Art has acquired 41 silver gelatin and platinum prints by renowned American artist Edward Steichen from collectors Richard and Jackie Hollander.