Remembering Susan Stoner Jones, alumni volunteer and generous benefactor
Posted November 5, 2025
Susan Stoner Jones ’63 (’91 P), Northwestern University alumna and longtime volunteer and benefactor, passed away on Oct. 15, at the age of 84....Blog
New annual prize rewards undergraduate research
Posted October 31, 2025
By Georgia Kerrigan ’27 Northwestern offers an expansive selection of paid research opportunities for students. Now, for the first time, the Libraries are rewarding...
What is new at the Libraries?
Posted September 16, 2025
Whether you’re seasoned faculty or a first-year just arriving to campus, check this primer to get the most from your Libraries. Must-know updates Review...
Going More Than Skin-Deep with Parchment Documents
Posted September 11, 2025
By Katarina Stiller, Conservation Resident Recently, a treatment was performed on a large and interesting collection in the Northwestern Libraries conservation lab. The project...
Audio tour of Evanston campus trees gets back to university roots
Posted June 30, 2025
By Georgia Kerrigan ’27 A new audio tour app developed by a Northwestern faculty member uses campus experts — including University Historian Kevin Leonard —...
An American’s Africa: Digital exhibit examines cross-cultural tourism
Posted June 9, 2025
By Georgia Kerrigan ’27 It’s no surprise that the library houses everything from books and documents to manuscripts and diaries. But a real leopard...
3,000 gifted books reveal treasures of the Jewish Enlightenment
Posted May 29, 2025
A 2023 gift from a downsizing library has led to a surprise-filled trove of Hebrew materials for the Libraries and an ambitious cataloguing project...
Shelving Library Myths: Sorting Folklore from Fact
Posted April 30, 2025
By Georgia Kerrigan ’27 How do myths catch on? According to University Archivist Matt Richardson, we just can’t resist beguilement. As anyone who has...
New podcast draws from archive of pathbreaking soap opera creator
Posted April 10, 2025
By Georgia Kerrigan ’27 “All My Children” creator and Northwestern alumna Agnes Nixon ’44 shaped the course of the modern daytime drama—a legacy that...