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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

An illustration of a timeline from March 2020 to December 2022 with cartoon germs and icons of masks and vaccines.

The Daily recounts two years of COVID-19 policy in Evanston

April 4, 2022

For the first time since 2020, Evanston residents have the option to shop and attend school entirely maskless. Today’s conditions are the result of over two years of drastic changes in public policy....

A crowd of students, some masked and some not, cheer on Northwestern at Welsh-Ryan Arena against Wisconsin on Jan. 18.

Student attendance at men’s basketball games spikes as pandemic restrictions lift

April 3, 2022

Northwestern men’s basketball played its entire 2020-21 season without fans in the building. As fans returned to Welsh-Ryan Arena for the 2021-22 season, the Wildcats sold out three games and saw significantly...

A monthly timeline on a blue face mask. Three green circular drawings of the virus that causes COVID-19 are around the mask.

Northwestern’s COVID-19 Timeline: A close look at how the pandemic impacted University life

April 3, 2022

Just over two years ago, classes went remote, most students went home and Northwestern’s campuses began to feel the effects of COVID-19. The Daily summarized major COVID-related developments as they...

Silhouettes of protestors standing in a line at night. They are facing police cars with flashing lights.

Organizing during the pandemic: Activist groups on campus fight for changes, spotlight institutional problems

April 3, 2022

Two years ago, despite soaring COVID-19 positivity rates, protests broke out nationwide after police killed George Floyd. At Northwestern that fall — on an otherwise mostly empty campus — community...

A hand is holding a vaccine needle amid a blue background with floating yellow plus signs.

City COVID-19 positivity rate rises, eligible individuals can receive a second booster shot

April 3, 2022

Since Evanston lifted its mask and vaccine mandate Feb. 28 and the omicron subvariant BA.2  became widespread, the city’s COVID-19 positivity rate has been steadily trending upward for three weeks.  It...

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