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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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Endowments: What are they good for?

Endowments: What are they good for?

June 14, 2020

At its founding in 1851, Northwestern’s Charter created a corporation and a Board of Trustees authorized to “acquire, hold and convey property” so that Trustees, guided by prudence and a desire to...

E. Patrick Johnson. He will serve as the seventh School of Communication dean — and the school’s first African American dean.

E. Patrick Johnson named School of Communication dean; first African American in that position

June 13, 2020

E. Patrick Johnson has been named the next School of Communication dean, according to a Northwestern News release. Johnson will be the first African American to hold the role when he takes over as dean...

Members of the Northwestern community rallied for service workers laid off without pay since the end of Winter Quarter. Service workers spoke out at Wednesday’s rally about the economic injustice they’ve faced amid the pandemic.

Almost three months after layoffs, NU service workers and students rally for worker pay

June 11, 2020

UNITE HERE Local 1, the union representing subcontracted Compass Group dining and hospitality workers, hosted a rally Wednesday in Centennial Park to support the 320 subcontracted workers laid off in mid-March...

Senior associate director of admission F. Sheppard Shanley stands between Carrie Radovich (Weinberg ‘87), on the left, and Stacey Lauren (Communication ‘87), on the right, at a recent reunion for the class of ‘87. Over the years, Shanley has kept in contact with many students, many of whom are now alumni.

Senior associate director of admission F. Sheppard Shanley to retire after helping recruit 50 classes of students

June 10, 2020

When Senior Associate Director of Admission F. Sheppard Shanley first decided to take a job in the Northwestern Office of Undergraduate Admission, he had been a high school teacher for four years and wanted...

 A quote from the letter written by black student organizers. Within four days of the publication, the letter had over 300 signatures from student and local organizations and about 6,700 signatures from students, alumni, staff, faculty and community members.

Students call on University to divest from police forces and invest in Black communities

June 10, 2020

Black undergraduate and graduate students jointly released a June 3 petition calling on the University to sever ties with all affiliated policing and military entities and to redirect the funds to institutions...

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