In Lead-Up to NU vs. Ohio State, a Look at All Players United (APU)
The NCAA, technically a nonprofit organization, encompasses over 450,000 student-athletes across 23 varsity sports. The National Collegiate Athletic Association helps to provide opportunities for these...
View Article5 Things to Know About Twitter’s IPO
Twitter has taken the world by storm—140 characters at a time. With over 230 million members worldwide, Twitter is expected to go public on November 7th. Here is what you need to know about Twitter’s...
View ArticleNot So Fast: Amazon’s Drone Program Faces Hurdles
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos may have a solution for even the most chronic Christmas shopping procrastinators. The CEO of the e-commerce giant recently unveiled the future of Amazon’s delivery service, Amazon...
View ArticleRemembering Dale Mortensen, NU Prof and Nobel Prize Winner
Just over three years ago, Professor Dale T. Mortensen was receiving the Nobel Prize in Economics. On January 9th, 2014, Northwestern’s prized Nobel laureate passed away at the age of 74. The exact...
View ArticleNew Microsoft CEO Nadella Wants Innovation–and Some Help
Following the resignation of Microsoft’s former CEO Steve Ballmer, the challenge facing the new leadership is daunting: to reinvent the technology giant. Although Microsoft is an organization with many...
View ArticlePress “Print” to Save Life
3D printing has been at the forefront of technological progress recently. Although industrial 3D printing has been around for decades, these days the average consumer is able to purchase a personal 3D...
View ArticleMad Scientist Musk Behind Tesla’s New “Gigafactory”
Elon Musk is at it again. The billionaire mastermind behind Tesla Motors made headlines once again when he introduced plans to build Tesla’s new “gigafactory.” The planned gigafactory will house the...
View ArticleGrubHub Takes Another Step Towards (Take-Out) World Domination with IPO
Following one of the biggest years for Internet IPOs since the dot-com boom, 2014 is shaping up to be even better, making many more tech entrepreneurs and investors rich in the process. The most recent...
View ArticleMoving to NYC After College? Urban Compass Has Got Your Back
Every Summer, masses of new college graduates move to New York City to begin new careers in the world’s most exciting city; and finding an apartment, a notoriously difficult task, is the first item on...
View ArticleData Says Northwestern is a Hub for Entrepreneurship
When most people think of universities that breed innovation, Stanford, Harvard, and MIT tend to come to mind first. Outside of Chicago, Northwestern is not particularly known for tech...
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