Four weeks before Thanksgiving, FMO held a thrift event that connected students with Black clothing vendors in Evanston, bridging a gap between the Evanston and Northwestern communities and creating a broader sense of kinship for students on campus.

Amid rising conversations about mental health in Black communities, Northwestern’s Black Studies Department is using mindfulness to ground students in both culture and care.

“Black excellence” was the theme of this weekend, according to University of Chicago freshman Moturi Ondeyo. Black college students and alumni from Chicago area universities descended upon UChicago’s main quad in Hyde Park on Saturday, May 6, for the first inaugural Intercollegiate Black Cookout.  Hosted by UChicago’s Organization of Black Students, in collaboration with their African Caribbean Student Association and DePaul University’s Student Government Association, the ev