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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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SOIL Director Alessandro Rotta Loria estimates that on average, heat islands underneath urban areas are warming by 2.5 degrees Celsius per decade globally.
Alt text: Two people stand in front of a testing device for electrical experiments in an engineering laboratory.

How one Northwestern lab digs deep for climate change solutions

October 9, 2024

Downtown Chicago’s building foundations are sinking. That revelation was one of many discovered by researchers at Northwestern’s Subsurface Opportunities and Innovations Laboratory in a study published...

Increased enrollment among students from other majors in certain computer science courses prompted the department to create an AI minor, McCormick Prof. Sara Sood said.

Northwestern debuts AI minor for non-computer-science majors

October 8, 2024

Beginning this quarter, students not pursuing a computer science major can now declare an artificial intelligence minor through the department of Computer Science.  The minor focuses on AI design and...

 Northwestern raised a record of $1.05 billion in research funding this fiscal year, a 5% increase since 2023.

NU researchers drive progress in ovarian health, bladder cancer

October 2, 2024

Northwestern raised a record $1.05 billion in research funding this fiscal year, a 5% increase since 2023. The Daily compiled a recap of NU’s latest research findings from September.  Drug used to...

At VentureCat 2024, Northwestern's annual student startup competition, TurboLearn won the grand prize of $100,000.

This NU student and his friend founded the next AI study tool sensation

October 1, 2024

TurboLearn AI has grown to half a million users between the browser version and the mobile app since its launch in December. The AI-powered note-taking platform automatically creates notes, flashcards...

While guidelines for incorporating generative AI in the classroom are available, professors can still set individual policies for classes.

Northwestern provides free access to ChatGPT 4.0 through Microsoft Copilot

September 26, 2024

Northwestern students, faculty and staff can now access ChatGPT 4.0 through Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot at no cost starting this academic school year. The decision follows a multiyear...

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