Editing Northwestern University (section)

==Campuses==
{{See also|List of Northwestern University buildings|Campus of Northwestern University}}
===Evanston===
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Northwestern's main campus is on the shore of [[Lake Michigan]] in the [[Chicago metropolitan area]].The campus spans an area of 240 acres and is characterized by its blend of modern and historic gothic architecture.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

Northwestern's Evanston campus, where the undergraduate schools, the Graduate School, and the Kellogg School of Management are located, runs north–south from Lincoln Avenue to Clark Street west of Lake Michigan along [[Sheridan Road]]. North Campus is home to the [[Fraternity and sorority houses|fraternity]] [[Quadrangle (architecture)|quads]], athletics facilities including the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion and Norris Aquatics Center, the Technological Institute, Dearborn Observatory, the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Hall for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly, and the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center among others. South Campus is home to the university's humanities buildings, music buildings like the [[Pick-Staiger Concert Hall]], the [[Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art]], and the sorority quads. In the 1960s, the university created an additional {{cvt|84|acre|0}} for the campus by filling in a portion of [[Lake Michigan]]. Buildings located on the resulting [[Northwestern University Lakefill|Lakefill]] include University Library, the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, the [[List of Northwestern University buildings#Regenstein Hall of Music|Regenstein Hall of Music]], [[Norris University Center]] (the student union), the Kellogg School of Management Global Hub, and various athletics facilities.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

The [[Chicago Transit Authority]]'s [[Chicago 'L'|elevated train]] running through Evanston is called the [[Purple Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Purple Line]], taking its name from Northwestern's school color. The [[Foster station|Foster]] and [[Davis station (CTA)|Davis]] stations are within walking distance of the southern end of the campus, while the [[Noyes station|Noyes]] station is close to the northern end of the campus. The [[Central station (CTA Purple Line)|Central]] station is close to [[Ryan Field (stadium)|Ryan Field]], Northwestern's football stadium. The [[Evanston Davis Street station|Evanston Davis Street]] station serves the Northwestern campus in downtown Evanston and the [[Evanston Central Street station|Evanston Central Street]] station is near Ryan Field. Pace Suburban Bus Service and the CTA have several bus routes that run through or near the Evanston campus.

===Chicago===
[[File:Ward Building 060527.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Feinberg School of Medicine]] in Chicago]]
Northwestern's Chicago campus is located in the city's [[Streeterville]] neighborhood near Lake Michigan. The Chicago campus is home to the nationally ranked [[Northwestern Memorial Hospital]], the [[Feinberg School of Medicine|medical school]], the [[Northwestern University School of Law|law school]], the part-time MBA program, and the School of Professional Studies. Medill's one-year graduate program rents a floor on Wacker Drive, across the river from Streeterville and separate from the rest of the campus. Northwestern's professional schools and a number of its affiliated hospitals are located approximately four blocks east of the [[Chicago (CTA Red Line)|Chicago]] station on the CTA [[Red Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Red Line]]. The Chicago campus is also served by CTA bus routes.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

Founded or affiliated at varying points in the university's history, the professional schools originally were scattered throughout Chicago.<ref name="Chicago Campus">{{cite web |url=http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/architecture/building.php?bid=7 |title=Northwestern Architecture, Chicago Campus |publisher=Northwestern University Archives |access-date=July 11, 2008 |archive-date=September 2, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902104018/http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/architecture/building.php?bid=7 |url-status=live }}</ref> In connection with a 1917 master plan for a central Chicago campus and President [[Walter Dill Scott]]'s capital campaign, {{cvt|8.5|acre|2}} of land were purchased at the corner of [[Chicago Avenue]] and [[Lake Shore Drive]] for $1.5 million in 1920.<ref name="Chicago Campus" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758505,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917143528/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758505,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |title=Refund |access-date=July 11, 2008 |date=November 29, 1937 |magazine=Time | location = New York }}</ref> Architect [[James Gamble Rogers]] was commissioned to create a master plan for the principal buildings on the new campus, which he designed in [[collegiate gothic]] style. In 1923, [[Aaron Montgomery Ward|Mrs. Montgomery Ward]] donated $8 million to the campaign to finance the construction of the Montgomery Ward Memorial Building, which would house the medical and dental schools, and create endowments for faculty chairs, research grants, scholarships, and building maintenance.<ref name="Montgomery Ward">{{cite web |url=http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/architecture/building.php?bid=13 |title=Northwestern Architecture, Montgomery Ward |access-date=July 11, 2008 |publisher=Northwestern University Archives |archive-date=September 2, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902094048/http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/architecture/building.php?bid=13 |url-status=live }}</ref> The building would become the first university [[skyscraper]] in the United States.<ref name="WardBuilding">{{cite journal |date=Fall 2012 |title=Montgomery Ward Memorial Building |url=https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/fall2012/feature/whats-in-a-name-sidebar/montgomery-ward-memorial-building.html |url-status=live |journal=Northwestern |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107010532/https://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/fall2012/feature/whats-in-a-name-sidebar/montgomery-ward-memorial-building.html |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |access-date=November 7, 2018}}</ref> In addition to the Ward Building, Rogers designed [[List of Northwestern University buildings#Wieboldt Hall|Wieboldt Hall]] to house facilities for the [[Kellogg School of Management#History|School of Commerce]]<ref name="Wieboldt">{{cite web |url=http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/architecture/building.php?bid=28 |title=Northwestern Architecture, Wieboldt Hall |access-date=July 11, 2008 |publisher=Northwestern University Archives |archive-date=September 2, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902094512/http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/architecture/building.php?bid=28 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[List of Northwestern University buildings#Levy Mayer Hall|Levy Mayer Hall]] to house the School of Law.<ref name="Levy Mayer">{{cite web |url=http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/architecture/building.php?bid=10 |title=Northwestern Architecture, Levy Mayer Hall |access-date=July 11, 2008 |publisher=Northwestern University Archives |archive-date=September 2, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902104013/http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/architecture/building.php?bid=10 |url-status=live }}</ref> The new campus comprising these three new buildings was dedicated during a two-day ceremony in June 1927. The Chicago campus continued to expand with the addition of [[List of Northwestern University buildings#Thorne Hall|Thorne Hall]] in 1931 and [[List of Northwestern University buildings#Abbott Hall|Abbott Hall]] in 1939.<ref name="Chicago Campus" /><ref name="Abbott Hall">{{cite web |url=http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/architecture/building.php?bid=2 |title=Northwestern Architecture, Abbott Hall |publisher=Northwestern University Archives |access-date=July 4, 2009 |archive-date=May 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525222848/http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/architecture/building.php?bid=2 |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2013, Northwestern began the demolition of the architecturally significant [[Prentice Women's Hospital]]. Eric G. Neilson, dean of the medical school, penned an op-ed that equated retaining the building with loss of life.<ref>{{cite news|title=A choice: Save Prentice or save lives, add jobs and research dollars |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/14960045-452/a-choice-save-prentice-or-save-lives-add-jobs-and-research-dollars.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917003316/http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/14960045-452/a-choice-save-prentice-or-save-lives-add-jobs-and-research-dollars.html |archive-date=September 17, 2012 }}</ref>
[[File:NLU Levy Meyer.JPG|thumb|The entrance of [[Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law]]'s Levy Mayer Hall on the Chicago campus]]

===Education City===
{{main|Northwestern University in Qatar}}

In Fall 2008, Northwestern opened a campus in [[Education City]], [[Doha]], [[Qatar]].<ref name=":3" /> Through the [[Medill School of Journalism]] and School of Communication, NU-Q offers [[bachelor's degree]]s in journalism and communications respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/ |title=Northwestern University in Qatar |publisher=Northwestern University |access-date=January 6, 2009 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108233740/https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, some have questioned whether NU-Q can truly offer a comparable journalism program to that of its U.S. campus given Qatar's instances of [[censorship]] and strict limits on journalistic and academic freedoms.<ref name=":3">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/12/17/northwestern-professor-raises-questions-about-its-branch-in-qatar/|title=Northwestern professor raises questions about its branch in Qatar|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=December 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203154849/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/12/17/northwestern-professor-raises-questions-about-its-branch-in-qatar/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-qatars-education-city-us-colleges-are-building-an-academic-oasis/2015/12/06/6b538702-8e01-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html|title=In Qatar's Education City, U.S. colleges are building an academic oasis|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031005/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-qatars-education-city-us-colleges-are-building-an-academic-oasis/2015/12/06/6b538702-8e01-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development]], a private charitable institution founded by former emir [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani|Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] and his wife and mother of the current emir [[Moza bint Nasser|Sheikha Moza bint Nasser]], provided funding for construction and administrative costs, as well as support to hire 50 to 60 faculty and staff, some of whom rotate between the Evanston and Qatar campuses.<ref>{{cite news |title=Qatar entices NU to expand east: School near deal to open a campus |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/04/06/qatar-entices-nu-to-expand-east/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=April 6, 2007 |last=Choen |first=Jodi |access-date=May 22, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906131904/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-04-06/news/0704050721_1_foreign-students-qatar-foundation-study-abroad |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/06/america/NA-GEN-US-Qatar-Journalism-School.php |title=Northwestern University expected to open journalism school in Qatar |agency=The Associated Press |newspaper=International Herald Tribune |location=Paris |date=April 6, 2007 |access-date=January 6, 2009 |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013041326/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/06/america/NA-GEN-US-Qatar-Journalism-School.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> Northwestern receives roughly $45 million per year to operate the campus.<ref name="washingtonpost.com" /> In February 2016, Northwestern reached an agreement with the [[Qatar Foundation]] to extend the operations of the NU-Q branch for an additional decade, through the 2027–2028 academic year.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Northwestern University will stay a decade longer in Qatar|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/23/northwestern-university-will-stay-another-decade-in-qatar/|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = February 23, 2016|access-date = February 23, 2016|issn = 0190-8286|language = en-US|first = Nick|last = Anderson|archive-date = February 24, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160224093215/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/23/northwestern-university-will-stay-another-decade-in-qatar/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost.com" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510712102-advocate-questions-motive-behind-qatar-s-financial-ties-to-u-s-colleges|title=Advocate questions motive behind Qatar's financial ties to U.S. colleges|first=Justin|last=Stoltzfus|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=April 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418235507/http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510712102-advocate-questions-motive-behind-qatar-s-financial-ties-to-u-s-colleges|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510639673-while-u-s-universities-see-dollar-signs-in-qatari-partnerships-some-cry-foul|title=While U.S. universities see dollar signs in Qatari partnerships, some cry foul|first=Gulf News Journal|last=Reports|access-date=October 2, 2016|archive-date=October 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004021757/http://gulfnewsjournal.com/stories/510639673-while-u-s-universities-see-dollar-signs-in-qatari-partnerships-some-cry-foul|url-status=live}}</ref>