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The Daily Northwestern

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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Six people (children and adults) wearing masks skating on an indoor rink.

Robert Crown offers free ice skating for Northwestern students and faculty

November 1, 2021

Northwestern students can now hit the ice for free at the new Robert Crown Community Center. Completed in 2020, the center is home to two new skating rinks, an art room, track, outdoor turf field, library,...

An image of author Chris Abani next to a cover of his book, “The Face: Cartography of the Void.”

English Prof. Chris Abani talks about identity and language in his memoir ‘The Face’

November 1, 2021

English Prof. Chris Abani, director of NU’s Program of African Studies, discussed his memoir “The Face: Cartography of the Void” on Friday as part of the Global Lunchbox speaker series. A Nigerian-American...

Person in red rain jacket holds a white bucket. Students wait in line in front of a tan building. It is raining.

Northwestern sees decline in COVID-19 positivity rate, positive tests remain steady

November 1, 2021

Northwestern’s COVID-19 positivity rate halved since last week, and non-undergraduate students still make up three-fourths of the positive cases. The number of tests taken increased by 20%, at roughly...

A corgi is dressed in a pink shirt, floral skirt and gold necklace.

Dogs parade through Downtown Evanston in Dogtopia costume contest

November 1, 2021

Thirteen dogs dressed in their spookiest costumes paraded in downtown Evanston’s Fountain Square Saturday for Dogtopia’s first-ever Halloween Pup Costume Competition.  Dogtopia is downtown Evanston’s...

A group of people hold onto a canoe as they walk away from the lake.

Artist and community members celebrate Anishinaabe heritage and creation of Birch bark canoe at Lake Michigan

October 31, 2021

For the first time in nearly 400 years, a birch bark canoe was reintroduced to the Chicago-area shore of Lake Michigan (Mishigami).  Only six Ojibwe birch bark canoe builders still exist in the Great...

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