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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


COVID-19 at Northwestern

People line up for testing in front of a tan building.

COVID-19 positivity rate and case numbers continue to climb after spring break

April 3, 2022

The number of new positive COVID-19 cases reported increased 3.56 times compared to last week after a week of mandated testing — and the first quarter when masks haven’t been required in classrooms...

The illustration represents a classroom in which four students (represented by circles) are wearing a mask and six are not. Above the students are drawings of three blue masks. The masks appear from left to right, and each mask appears more faded than the last.

Faculty members, teacher’s assistants express concerns about lifted mask mandate in classrooms

March 30, 2022

On Tuesday, students and faculty were able to walk into in-person classes maskless for the first time in more than two years — but some faculty members and teacher’s assistants are concerned the new...

The Northwestern University sign in the snow.

Students can pick up one at-home COVID-19 test kit before Spring Break

March 8, 2022

Students can pick up one at-home COVID-19 test kit from in-person testing sites ahead of Spring Break, according to a Tuesday email from Vice President for Operations Luke Figora. The kits, which contain...

The windows in Norris University Center with “NUDM 2022” written across them.

NUDM will require masks in the tent, leaders announce Friday

March 4, 2022

Northwestern University Dance Marathon will require masks in the tent, leaders announced in a Friday email to dancers. NUDM, an event where students dance for 30 hours in a tent on Norris East Lawn...

Multiple COVID-19 boxes surround nasal swabs and antigen test cards.

Two years later: Northwestern’s COVID-19 story, as told by testing data

March 4, 2022

This story was last updated Feb. 3. The data in the story was last updated June 9. This story is split into several sections:       — The methodology of the collected data       — A...

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