5. We’re right next door to a world-class city.
Chicago offers extraordinary opportunities for internships, community service, and intellectual growth.
Oprah, Obama, and a patchwork of vital, culturally distinct neighborhoods; the cradle of modern architecture and improv comedy. Chicago is one of the great urban centers of the world, and it’s just a few miles and a short train ride away from Northwestern’s main campus. For our students, Chicago is a classroom, a playground and a proving ground.
Professors often use Chicago to enrich their courses, so that if you are studying King Lear, your class may see the play performed at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier. Or your anthropology class might visit the Museum of Contemporary Art and its South African exhibit, dining afterwards at an Ethiopian restaurant. Learn about the city’s renowned architecture or check out traditional and experimental theatres or great places to hear blues, gospel, folk, jazz, pop and rock.
Weinberg also draws skilled professionals from Chicago to teach Professional Linkage Seminars that bridge the gap between academic training and real-world application.
