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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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Computer science Prof. Samir Khuller named ACM Fellow

January 23, 2023

The Association for Computing Machinery named Samir Khuller, the Peter and Adrienne Barris Chair of Computer Science, an ACM Fellow. This award recognizes the top 1% of ACM members for “outstanding”...

Northwestern’s logo is displayed on a red background with other schools like Harvard, Yale, Georgetown and Stanford. On the other side, U.S. News and World Report’s logo is displayed on a blue logo, with a hand extending out of Northwestern’s logo dropping a medal on the floor.

Faculty discuss Pritzker School of Law opting out from U.S. News rankings

January 19, 2023

Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law announced in November it would no longer participate in the U.S. News and World Report Rankings.  In 2022, the law school ranked 13th from 192 schools. NU cited...

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Congress issued four criminal referrals against former President Trump. Here’s what it all means

January 16, 2023

Congress issued four criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump last December related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, including obstruction of an official congressional proceeding, conspiracy...

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Northwestern astronomers develop largest known database of galaxies originating short gamma-ray bursts

January 16, 2023

A Northwestern-led team of astronomers reached for the stars with a recently compiled gamma-ray galaxy database. The public database, known as BRIGHT, or the Broad-band Repository for Investigating...

McCormick professor emeritus Lawrence Henschen dies at 78

January 15, 2023

McCormick community member Lawrence J. Henschen died at age 78 on Jan. 8, the University announced Jan. 9. Henschen was a professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering and authored more...

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