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The Daily Northwestern

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

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An angle from the ground of The Pritzker School of Law. The right side is mostly windows, with the name of the building written in the middle, and doors on the bottom. On the left is a brown building.

Dramatic reading of “The Exonerated” play reveals stories of death row exonerees

April 16, 2021

In 1994, Gary Gauger was wrongfully placed on death row, but was proven innocent a few years later. After his sentence was overturned, Gauger was profiled in a 2000 play called “The Exonerated.”  Northwestern’s...

Hands in a circle, holding plants, rocks, branches and pine cones.

Evanston Made’s Art for the Earth event showcases nature art around the city

April 14, 2021

Educate, engage and inspire. Those are Evanston Made’s goals this Earth Month as the group organizes a collaborative nature art exhibit that is out of this world.  Art for the Earth 2021, running...

A guy in a sweater and gray pants looks at a close-up picture of a girl in an exhibit. There is also a picture of a black and white tree in a frame on the right side of the picture.

“Renaissance Forged” community exhibit at Dittmar Gallery looks toward a new world

April 14, 2021

Visitors walking through the Dittmar Memorial Gallery’s latest exhibit are taken on a journey from introspection to communal optimism. The “Renaissance Forged” exhibit, which features work from...

Ava Greenwell stands in front of a shelf of books in a red dress and black blazer.

Medill Prof. Ava Greenwell publishes book “Ladies Leading: The Black Women Who Control Television News”

April 13, 2021

One woman recounted her employee telling her women didn’t belong in the news business. Another woman had to field complaints from a subordinate who didn’t want to take orders from a “Black girl.”...

A digitally sketched illustration shows a girl in a pink top and blue skirt with her hand on a man’s shoulder. The man is wearing all white and has his hands over his heart. The background of the image is a brown panelling.

A year into the pandemic, Imagine U’s virtual storytimes continue to evolve

April 13, 2021

Over a year after the theatre group Imagine U was forced to transition to virtual programming, Artistic Director Lynn Kelso said they have grown artistically to heights they never before imagined. Before...

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