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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


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In a Thursday news release, Medill Prof. Steven Thrasher said the University previously expressed approval of his work, including in his mid-tenure review, until he participated in the April 2024 pro-Palestinian encampment.

Medill denies tenure, intends to terminate Prof Steven Thrasher next year

March 20, 2025

Northwestern denied tenure to Medill Prof. Steven Thrasher and plans not to renew his position in August 2026, Medill Dean Charles Whitaker informed Thrasher on March 12. In a Thursday news release,...

The dining workers plan to continue to strike each day from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. until UNITE HERE Local 1 negotiates a new contract with Compass Group, including increased wages and pension benefits.

SOLR, Chicago labor leaders join striking dining workers to demand new contract

March 14, 2025

On the fifth day of the Compass Group dining workers’ strike, members of Students Organizing for Labor Rights and the Chicago Federation of Labor assembled at The Arch early Friday afternoon to picket...

Strikers gathered at The Arch with picket signs and drums.

Dining workers reflect on their first day on strike

March 11, 2025

From 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Northwestern University dining workers picketed on campus, marking their first day on strike. From megaphones to drums to noise makers, workers made their desire for a fair contract...

Institutions receiving federal funding may face potential loss of funding if they fail to comply with Title VI, the letter wrote.

Education Department warns NU, 59 other universities of potential consequences for antisemitism

March 11, 2025

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights sent warning letters to 60 universities for antisemitic discrimination — including Northwestern. The letters inform universities of potential...

The probes allege NU and other colleges violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars discrimination based on “race, color or national origin.”

Federal investigation of NU sparks academic censorship concerns

March 11, 2025

WASHINGTON — Political science lecturer emeritus Jeff Rice (Weinberg ’72) was a sophomore at Northwestern at the height of anti-Vietnam War protests. The day after students voted to end a schoolwide...

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