Medill Media Teens celebrated the graduation of its second class on May 12. The program allows Northwestern students to mentor teenagers from Chicago's Gary Comer Youth Center.
Bradley J. Hamm, dean of the Indiana University School of Journalism, has been named dean of Medill. He will assume the deanship on September 1.
ESPN's Michael Wilbon will be this year's speaker during Medill's journalism convocation ceremony. Wilbon received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Medill in 1980.
The 2012 Medill Student Showcase will take place on Thursday, April 26, at 5 p.m. in the McCormick Tribune Center Forum. Click here to see the official selections.
Medill senior William Carey was recently awarded the Alistair Cooke Award in Journalism, a Fulbright award, to study the effects of the Olympic Games on London citizens.
Eugene Peba's battle for asylum was first reported in 2010 by Medill journalism students. His story is back in the news.
Michele Weldon, assistant professor of journalism, writes on CNN.com about her experience as a single mother and how single mothers can produce successful children.