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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

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Fanatic, an app for sports fans, allows users to find the most popular locations to watch their team’s games. Babak Poushanchi (Weinberg ‘98) created the app 10 months ago, and it already has more than 10,000 users.

Northwestern alumnus creates Fanatic app for sports fans

November 5, 2013

Many Northwestern fans have a familiar problem: They are outside of the Midwest, but the Wildcats are playing that day. They look for a place to watch the big game, but the sports grill they stumble across...

Joshua Oppenheimer, the director of The Act of Killing, gives a talk after the documentary screening. Oppenheimer discussed his experiences making the film.

Award-winning documentary on Indonesia screened

November 5, 2013

The Northwestern community packed Ryan Auditorium on Monday for a film screening and talk by director Joshua Oppenheimer, who spoke about his award-winning documentary on the 1965 genocide in Indonesia. "The...

Several Northwestern professors are piloting Canvas, a learning management system, in their classes this quarter. The system is one potential replacement for Blackboard, which NU has used since 1999.

Northwestern profs pilot potential Blackboard replacement

November 5, 2013

Northwestern has established a program piloting potential replacements for Blackboard, its course management system since 1999. In Fall 2012, NU’s Education Technology Advisory Committee discussed...

History professor Michael Allen previews his course in Public Affairs Residential College. This discussion was part of a new university endeavor called “Coming Soon to a Classroom Near You.”

Residential Services brings class previews to student residences

November 4, 2013

A new branch of Northwestern Residential Services on Monday launched a series of mini-lectures that allow professors to discuss their upcoming courses in student residences. Professors will introduce...

Weinberg sophomore Kathryn Lalla teaches a sign to students at a workshop hosted by the American Sign Language Club on Sunday. Students learned basic vocabulary and sentence structure at first of what will be weekly workshops.

American Sign Language Club starts weekly workshops for beginners

November 4, 2013

Northwestern students learned how to communicate with their hands and facial expressions instead of their voices  at the American Sign Language Club's first beginners' workshop Sunday. The event aimed...

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