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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Mary Barr, author of “Friends Disappear: The Battle for Racial Equality in Evanston,” at an event Thursday. Barr spoke about the legacy of racial segregation in housing and education in Evanston.

Author Mary Barr speaks about racial segregation in Evanston

May 12, 2017

Even as the Evanston/Skokie District 65 School Board and Evanston City Council swore in historically diverse bodies on Monday, the author of a book criticizing Evanston’s history of racial segregation...

The Weekly Podcast: Balancing activism, journalism; dark side of Foster-Walker Dining Hall

The Weekly Podcast: Balancing activism, journalism; dark side of Foster-Walker Dining Hall

May 12, 2017

The Weekly is The Daily’s weekly news podcast. On this episode of The Weekly, Molly Glick attended a panel on activism and journalism hosted by the Asian American Student Journalism Association and...

Evanston Environment Board co-chairs Wendy Pollock (left) and Scott Osborne (middle) and board member Christopher Kucharczyk (right) sit at an EEB meeting Thursday. The board discussed a bird habitat enhancement project and a potential road development.

Environment Board discusses bird habitat enhancement, road development

May 12, 2017

The Evanston Environment Board met Thursday to discuss an update on the North Shore Channel Habitat Project and a development in Isabella Woods. Wendy Pollock, co-chair of the board, said the North...

Director of the Media Majlis Pamela Erskine-Loftus speaks about Northwestern University in Qatar’s new museum in Kresge Hall on Thursday.  Erskine-Loftus discussed the museum’s planning process, purpose and upcoming exhibitions.

NU-Q to open first digital museum in new media building

May 12, 2017

Northwestern University in Qatar is scheduled to open the country’s first digital museum in fall 2018, the museum’s director said at a presentation Thursday. The museum, called The Media Majlis,...

Author Zadie Smith, best known for her novel “White Teeth,” speaks at Ryan Auditorium in the Technological Institute. Smith discussed race and identity, and how it is reflected in her work.

Author Zadie Smith discusses race, identity expressed in her work

May 12, 2017

Author Zadie Smith said she grew up searching for black actors on TV because there were so few. Though they mostly played a small range of characters such as maids, she said she loved seeing them doing...

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