An entrepreneurship-based conference at Northwestern on Wednesday included both large financial awards for student innovators and fireside chats between alumni: the founder and CEO of Groupon and the Principle at NEA Partners. NU entrepreneurial ...

Northwestern officials got precisely what they wished for heading into the NATO summit Sunday and Monday in Chicago — nothing. “It was uneventful, which was great,” University spokesman Al Cubbage said. “That’s exactly what we wanted ...

Northwestern's football "no plays" in 2013 and 2014 are Penn State, Indiana and Purdue, leaving a slate of Ohio State, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, Michigan State and Illinois. Gulp. The 2015-16 schedules released by the Big ...

The University of Nebraska wants to stop the exodus of people from rural towns by creating an institute that would draw expertise from across Nebraska and beyond to improve those communities. NU hopes to launch the Rural Futures Institute in September ...

LINCOLN — Nebraska struck out on its first-tier quarterback targets for the 2013 recruiting class. Three of the four top recruits committed to Ohio State, Illinois and Northwestern, respectively. Big Ten — ouch. Funny, but I like the second ...

The Nebraska track and field team will compete at the NCAA West preliminary round this weekend in Austin, Texas, for bids to the NCAA outdoor championships. Austin and Jacksonville, Fla., are hosting the two regionals this weekend. To qualify for the ...

I wouldn't know an Oaken Bucket if it fell out of the Indiana sky and clobbered me upside the head. I don't know where to stay next fall in Columbus, Ohio. I can't remember if it's Champaign or Champagne, Ill. And I couldn't pick the Heroes Game ...

LINCOLN — With 2½ years remaining on its “Campaign for Nebraska” fundraising effort, the University of Nebraska Foundation has surpassed the $1.2 billion goal set when the campaign began in 2005. The foundation announced Tuesday that the campaign ...

Former Northwestern quarterback Dan Persa is having surgery on his right Achilles tendon in August for the second time in two years, but this latest issue has nothing to do with his recent workout with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “This has to do ...

Former Northwestern quarterback Dan Persa will have surgery on his right Achilles tendon in August for the second time in two years, but this latest issue has nothing to do with his recent workout for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ‘‘This has to ...