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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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Students with their diplomas during commencement in 2019. This spring, seniors are petitioning to have an in-person ceremony at a later date.

Armed with petition, Class of 2020 demands that University commit to postponing in-person commencement

April 23, 2020

Students of Northwestern’s Class of 2020 are demanding that the University make a commitment to hosting an in-person graduation ceremony at a later date, citing the University’s announcement to move...

One more student, employee test positive for COVID-19

One more student, employee test positive for COVID-19

April 23, 2020

Northwestern has reported two more confirmed cases of coronavirus, totaling 20 total cases overall across the University’s Evanston and Chicago campuses. One student and one employee have tested...

Fisk Hall, home to the Medill School of Journalism, at 1845 Sheridan Rd. Both Medill and SESP chose to cancel professional experience programs for Spring Quarter.

Students react as COVID-19 puts professional experience programs on hold

April 23, 2020

Medill junior Emily Cerf planned to spend Spring Quarter in San Francisco working at Yelp for her Journalism Residency. However, as the outbreak of COVID-19 throughout the United States started shutting...

Current speaker of the Senate Matthew Wylie. The Weinberg junior came under fire at Wednesday’s Senate meeting for his sharing of a racist meme in a private ASG communication channel in January.

Matthew Wylie re-elected ASG speaker, Zack Lori elected parliamentarian

April 23, 2020

Amid technical challenges, Associated Student Government elected the speaker of the Senate and parliamentarian for the 2020-2021 school year at its remote Wednesday session. Weinberg sophomore and...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at last May’s inauguration. Lightfoot was chosen as this year’s commencement speaker for graduation, which has been moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Northwestern graduation ceremony moved online, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to speak

April 22, 2020

Northwestern’s June commencement ceremonies have been moved online, according to a Wednesday email announcement from University President Morton Schapiro. The graduation ceremony will occur on June...

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