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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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A football player holds a helmet, with a stadium looming in the background. The title A Labor of Likeness appears in the sky.

In Focus: As state, federal governments grapple with NIL legislation, Northwestern community members reflect on potential impacts

June 8, 2021

If Weinberg junior Cole Sias wants to post on her social media accounts, she could make money with just a few taps. Sias is a micro-influencer, with over 4,500 followers on Instagram, which means she...

Stakeholders discuss impact of Name, Image and Likeness legislation in Illinois

June 8, 2021

Name, Image and Likeness legislation has swept across the nation, getting statehouse approval in over a dozen states. Ahead of a Wednesday U.S. Senate hearing about NIL legislation, stakeholders discussed...

An illustration of drums, a cello, a clarinet, a trumpet and a violin with the title Battling the Bienen Barriers on top.

In Focus: Bienen students share experiences, advocate for increased representation and uplifting of Black composers, musicians

June 7, 2021

As Tahirah Whittington, the cellist of all-Black Chicago string quartet D-Composed, flew through a piece by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, her young audience stared in awe. The performance was part of...

In Focus: Diversifying classical music through education

In Focus: Diversifying classical music through education

June 7, 2021

According to a 2014 study by the League of American Orchestras, less than 2 percent of musicians in the approximately 800 orchestras surveyed were Black. The lack of Black representation in classical music...

Books stacked on top of each other on a brown desk, with text above them reading “tenure turmoil.”

In Focus: Women faculty continue to ask the University for support following the tenure clock extension’s end

May 27, 2021

Instead of digging through archives in Paris and Geneva, history Prof. Helen Tilley, a single mother, spent the spring of her sabbatical researching and writing on the bed while her then-11-year-old daughter...

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