<p>I know it’s a silly question.
I’m an admitted international student and need to know how to pronounce the name of Northwestern’s president Henry Bienen.
Thank you for your help!</p>
<p>And how to pronounce “Severini” (name of chairman of the Statistics Department)?</p>
<p>“severini” is self explanatory.
“bienen” is BEAN-in.</p>
<p>I’m not sure why you think you need to know this. It’s not like you’ll ever be meeting him. I’m less sure why I’m answering these questions, but there it is. </p>
<p>In terms of pronounciation, it’s much more important to always abbreviate Northwestern as NU. We are not NW or NWU.</p>
<p>“We are not NW or NWU.”</p>
<p>-:)</p>