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Source: Northwesterns Learning Management System Review Group, Infographic by Jackie Marthouse/Daily Senior Staffer

Canvas announced as Blackboard replacement

April 30, 2014

Northwestern will transition from Blackboard to Canvas, a course management system with more flexibility and user options, the University officially announced Tuesday. The transition, which has an expected...

Joan Slavin, director of the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office, discusses Northwestern’s policy on sexual assault at a panel earlier this month with members of NU’s Title IX Coordinating Committee. Slavin said in an email to The Daily on Tuesday the University will consider the White House’s recommendations on fighting campus sexual assault in its own practices.

Northwestern to ‘closely examine’ White House sexual assault recommendations

April 30, 2014

In response to the White House's release Tuesday of detailed recommendations for how colleges should react to sexual assault on campus, Northwestern officials said the University's current sexual assault...

ACLU: Title IX coverage explicitly extended to transgender students

April 29, 2014

The Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education explicitly stated for the first time on Tuesday that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 extends to claims of discrimination based...

Northwestern professor voted into National Academy of Sciences

Northwestern professor voted into National Academy of Sciences

April 29, 2014

A Northwestern professor was recently voted into the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest scientific honors in the country. Chemistry Prof. Sir Fraser Stoddart was chosen to be a member...

Ghaith al-Omari looks on as Ori Nir speaks at the Peace Partners discussion Tuesday night. The discussion, hosted by J Street U Northwestern, a group advocating for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, featured individuals with perspectives from both Israeli and Palestinian backgrounds.

J Street U speakers discuss Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the 2-state solution

April 29, 2014

J Street U Northwestern, a student group which promotes a two-state solution in the Middle East, hosted an event on Tuesday focused on how to effectively discuss the conflict by allowing both sides to...

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