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Dec 5, 2024 | 
northbynorthwestern.com | Yong-Yu Huang
Professor Karan Ahuja is a man of many dimensions. He’s a Lisa Wissner-Slivka & Benjamin Slivka Assistant Professor in Computer Science and a member of Forbes 30 under 30. He also has a section on his personal website dedicated to “Fun Projects”–origami, glass-blowing and laser-cuts, to name a few. Ahuja grew up in New Delhi, India before attending the Indian Institute of Information Technology in Guwahati.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
britannica.com | Yong-Yu Huang
The reception When Free Food for Millionaires was released in 2007, it made numerous editorial and bestseller lists, receiving recognition from such publications as The New York Times Book Review, NPR, USA Today, and The Times. The book follows protagonist Casey Han, a Princeton-educated, Queens-raised Korean American, and her post-graduation trek through turbulent relationships and a low-level job on Wall Street.
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May 30, 2024 | 
northbynorthwestern.com | Yong-Yu Huang
When Professor Jennifer Lackey was just 11 years old, she chose to volunteer with incarcerated people as part of her class’ community engagement work. She wrote to the warden of Cook County Jail, asking permission to visit and volunteer with the incarcerated women there, and got it. Decades later, she returned to working with incarcerated communities.
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May 23, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Yong-Yu Huang
Several dozen people filed into the First Congregational Church of Evanston to attend Connections for the Homeless’ Milestone Celebration Wednesday evening. Starting at 6 p.m., the organization honored community members, volunteers and staff members, with a dinner provided afterwards by Chicken Shack. The local nonprofit provides financial assistance, emergency shelter and guidance for people experiencing homelessness.
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May 22, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Yong-Yu Huang
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May 16, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Yong-Yu Huang
The Women’s Club of Evanston bustled with attendees for the sixth annual Center for Native American and Indigenous Research Symposium on Thursday. Revolving around the theme of “Indigenous Futures,” the two-day symposium runs from Thursday morning through Friday afternoon. The event began at 8:30 a.m. with breakfast and a welcome by CNAIR director and SESP Prof. Megan Bang. The morning featured a panel on environmental policies moderated by political science Prof.
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May 6, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Yong-Yu Huang
Author and Stanford University English Prof. Kirstin Valdez Quade held a dialogue and read from her debut novel “The Five Wounds” at Northwestern’s 16th Annual Writers Festival Monday. Published in 2021, “The Five Wounds” tells a yearlong, multi-generational narrative of a New Mexican family. The book received The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and won Quade the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
northbynorthwestern.com | Yong-Yu Huang
Dozens filed into Scott Hall for the last Creative Writing program event of the quarter, eager to hear Raven Leilani read from her acclaimed debut novel, Luster, on February 29. Mariam Hirsi, a second-year in the Litowitz MA+MFA Program in Creative Writing and English, introduced Leilani as “a poet, painter, novelist and video game aficionado.” Published in 2020, Luster is the story of Edie, a young Black woman involved with Eric and Rebecca, an older white couple in an open marriage.
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May 22, 2023 | 
northbynorthwestern.com | Yong-Yu Huang
Happy Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Day! As someone who's rewatched the BBC Sherlock series countless times, it seems fitting to do a quick overview on some of my favorite adaptations over the last couple of decades. BBC’s Sherlock (2011)What more can be said about this? It’s been over a decade since the pilot aired and six years since Season 4 came out, but it’s still a joy to watch every time.
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Apr 30, 2023 | 
penangmonthly.com | Yong-Yu Huang
“Facing” Abstract Creatures Makes Them Relatable in Penang By Yong-Yu Huang May 2023 FOR ART'S SAKE WHEN SCULPTURES COME to mind, one conjures up images of stately marble figures or perhaps the rough-hewn details of a column. Rarely do they take the form of QR codes or vivid, amorphous shapes. But a key tenet of art is the subverting of expectations, creating the fresh twist that can bring a new shade of meaning to the public definition.
