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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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University releases statement following petition to make NU a ‘sanctuary’ for undocumented people

November 18, 2016

Northwestern released a statement Friday saying NU is “strongly committed” to being a welcoming and inclusive place, a few days after thousands signed a petition asking the University to become a “sanctuary”...

Pulitzer prize-winning poet joins faculty next academic year

November 17, 2016

A Pulitzer prize-winning poet will be part of Northwestern’s English Department beginning Fall Quarter of next year, the University announced Thursday. Mississippi native Natasha Trethewey won the...

Sen. Dick Durbin speaks at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2015. An ASG committee aims to present the Affordable College Textbook Act, which was proposed by Durbin, at an upcoming Association of Big Ten Students conference.

ASG renews effort to support bill that could reduce the cost of textbooks

November 15, 2016

Members of Associated Student Government aim to gather faculty and student support for a bill that would create public online textbook resources for college communities. The Affordable College Textbook...

Northwestern scientists find region of brain responsible for placebo effect

November 13, 2016

Northwestern scientists discovered the area of the brain responsible for the placebo effect, the University announced. Feinberg Prof. Apkar Vania Apkarian, who co-led a study on placebos, said the discovery...

Northwestern professors research race, class inequalities on national task force

November 13, 2016

Political science Prof. Alvin Tillery participated in a national task force on racial and class inequalities, co-editing a report released in September on the intersection of race and class in the Americas. The...

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