Northwestern, Evanston announce shared emergency operations center
Ally Mauch, Summer Managing Editor
August 16, 2018
Filed under Campus, Campus Safety, City, Latest Stories, Local, Police, Top Campus Stories
Evanston and Northwestern have agreed to share NU’s Emergency Operations Center, according to a Thursday news release. The Emergency Operations Center, located in the University Police headquarters at 1201 Davis St., will serve as a “safe and secure location” during emergencies where the NU...
VP for financial operations Ingrid Stafford steps down
Ally Mauch, Summer Managing Editor
August 13, 2018
Filed under Administration, Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories
Northwestern’s vice president for financial operations and treasurer Ingrid Stafford is stepping down from her role Sept. 1, according to a Monday news release. Having spent more than four decades at NU, Stafford (Kellogg ’78) will spend a year at the University serving as a senior advisor before...
Alice Millar Chapel organ continues 54-year legacy
Melanie Lust, Reporter
August 13, 2018
Filed under Campus, Facilities, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories
When visitors from across the globe walk into the Alice Millar Chapel at 1870 Sheridan Road, they are immediately welcome by wall-to-wall stained glass installations. The designs are among the most well-known on Northwestern’s campus and illuminate the central aisle of the chapel with rainbow light. But...
Alec Klein no longer at NU following harassment allegations
Kristina Karisch and Ally Mauch
August 10, 2018
Filed under Campus, Faculty, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
Alec Klein, the former director of the Medill Justice Project, is no longer employed by Northwestern University following harassment allegations and an investigation into his behavior, according to a Friday email from interim associate vice president for equity Sarah Wake obtained by The Daily. Klein...
Northwestern students join crowd in Grant Park for Lollapalooza 2018
Elizabeth Byrne, Summer Editor
August 9, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
As many Chicago locals and visitors outfitted themselves in their finest basketball jerseys and covered themselves in glitter for Lollapalooza, spotted among the festival crowd were a few Northwestern students. The four-day festival in Grant Park attracted an estimated 430,000 festival attendees according...
One year after hurricanes, University spearheads arts development project in Puerto Rico
Ally Mauch, Summer Managing Editor
August 7, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
Northwestern is leading a two-year arts development project in Puerto Rico funded by a $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a University news release said. The Puerto Rican Arts Development initiative will involve ten emerging and ten established artists from the island. The project...
Despite summer and email, NU mailroom busy as ever
Andrew Rowan, Reporter
August 3, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories
Directly from the Evanston post office, clerk Christine Borchers lugged a flatbed cart with a four-foot high pile of letters and packages into Northwestern’s mailroom. The two waiting clerks sprung into the organized chaos of sorting the new delivery. Receiving 63,000 to 97,000 pieces of mail per...
University names new director for community relations
Ally Mauch, Summer Managing Editor
August 1, 2018
Filed under Administration, Campus, Faculty, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories
Dave Davis will serve as the new executive director for neighborhood and community relations, the University announced in a Wednesday news release. Davis, who currently works in the Northwestern government relations office as the director of state and local relations, will begin in his new role September...
NU Center of Wrongful Convictions helps exonerate client Marcel Brown
Elizabeth Byrne, Summer Editor
July 31, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
After spending 10 years in prison, Chicago-native Marcel Brown walked out of prison on July 18 after the state of Illinois dropped his murder charges due to help from the Pritzker School of Law Center on Wrongful Convictions. Brown was officially released after the state dismissed his previous murder...
Bail set for man accused of sexual assault in Foster-Walker Complex
Ally Mauch, Summer Managing Editor
July 29, 2018
Filed under Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
A man was ordered held on $100,000 bail Sunday on charges that he tried to sexually assault a woman in Foster-Walker Complex early Saturday morning, according to the Chicago Tribune. Emmanuel Boadu, who works as a sterile processing technician for Northwestern Medicine, allegedly attacked the woman around 1 a.m. in her...
NUPD to conduct ‘violent incident’ training exercise
Ally Mauch, Summer Managing Editor
July 29, 2018
Filed under Campus, Campus Safety, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
University Police will conduct a training exercise next week to raise awareness among the Northwestern community about what to do in the event of a violent incident on campus, according to a Friday email from Chief of Police Bruce Lewis. The exercise will be filmed for a safety video, and parts of...
Northwestern reducing administrative staff to combat budget deficit
Ally Mauch, Summer Managing Editor
July 19, 2018
Filed under Administration, Campus, Latest Stories, Top Campus Stories, Top Stories
In a Thursday email to the Northwestern community, University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Jonathan Holloway provided an update on the University’s budget deficit and confirmed that NU is reducing the number of administrative staff. “These reductions were targeted primarily in areas where...
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