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Northwestern acceptance rate drops to record-low 12.9 percent

March 22, 2014

Northwestern accepted a record-low 12.9 percent of applicants for the class of 2018. NU sent out 3,440 acceptance letters Thursday to regular decision applicants, said Christopher Watson, dean of undergraduate...

Weinberg juniors Laura Whittenburg and Jazz Stephens coordinated a sit-in of philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow’s class on Tuesday. Students gathered in Harris Hall to plan their next steps after Ludlow cancelled the class.

Ludlow to stop teaching for rest of Winter Quarter

March 5, 2014

Philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow will not teach classes at Northwestern for the remainder of Winter Quarter, University spokesman Al Cubbage said Wednesday. The announcement comes a day after students planned...

Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project to hold summer workshop at Northwestern

March 3, 2014

The 9th Annual Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project will be held at Northwestern this summer as part of a joint effort between the Johnny Mercer Foundation and NU's American Music Theatre Project.  The...

McCormick adds graduate robotics program

February 28, 2014

The McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will offer a new graduate program in robotics next fall. The Master of Science in Robotics will be a full-time, one-year program for students...

Northwestern helps bring digital lab to Chicago

February 25, 2014

A Chicago lab staffed by several Northwestern researchers received a $70 million federal grant recently to help make the city a national hub for digital manufacturing. The grant, announced Tuesday,...

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