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By the Numbers

An illustration of a set of purple color-graded hands holding a photo promoting Northwestern’s sixth-place ranking and a set of green color-graded hands holding a photo of Scott Hall with a headline from The Daily Northwestern about NU’s increased ranking.

By the Numbers: Northwestern’s U.S. News & World Report ranking, by category

June 9, 2025

Alongside the usual back-to-school excitement, Northwestern undergraduate students had extra reason to celebrate on the first day of classes last September. Their University reached its highest-ever spot...

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By the Numbers: Student Activities Finance Committee’s club allocations, over the years

June 6, 2025

Last month, the Student Activities Finance Committee announced over $2.7 million in allocations to student groups.  The funds come from the Associated Student Government Activity Fee students pay as...

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By the Numbers: Compass Group contracts in context

June 2, 2025

Last month, Compass Group and the union UNITE HERE Local 1 reached an agreement for a new four-year contract for roughly 500 contracted workers across dining, retail and hospitality on Northwestern’s...

Briston Maroney, Swae Lee, and Maude Latour stand out as some notable recent Dillo Day performers whose popularity has grown significantly in recent years.

By the Numbers: 53 years of Dillo Day performers and their careers

May 13, 2025

Although the origins of Dillo Day are unclear, the most commonly known start to what is now the nation’s biggest student-run music festival is that Donald Stout (Weinberg ’73) and George Krause (Weinberg...

NU Day at Wrigley, an annual event, will take place this Wednesday. (Jonah McClure/The Daily Northwestern)

By the Numbers: NU Day at Wrigley

May 12, 2025

Northwestern alumni, students, staff and faculty will flock to The Friendly Confines for a day of purple pride and cheering for the Cubbies on Wednesday. An annual tradition, the ’Cats will venture...

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