Medill Magazine Issue 87

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Northwestern University alums, Sarah Adler (BSJ13) and Mackenzie Barth (C13), founders of Spoon University magazine are “helping students eat intelligently.” They are building the ultimate food website for college students and over the past year have created a web magazine with a national audience and rapidly growing network of affiliated colleges throughout the country.

From the Bard to the Big Ben, London is steeped in the kind of history of which most American cities can only dream. But the London of today is something entirely different- a cutting-edge melting pot that offers work and cultural experiences on a global scale. The city by the Thames is home to four Medill alums who told us about their lives and careers abroad.

In January, students, faculty, staff, donors and university leaders celebrated the launch of Medill’s first research center, the Medill IMC Spiegel Digital and Database Research Center. It was also an opportunity for the center to share research findings on how mobile and social media engagement, affect purchase behavior.

Read these stories and more in issue 87 of the Medill Magazine.