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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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Pat Fitzgerald lifts up the Holiday Bowl Trophy after Northwestern took down Utah 31-20 on New Years Day in 2019. He’ll hope for more celebrations like that in the next ten years, having just signed a decade-long contract extension to stay at NU.

Riker: Wildcat football’s biggest win of the season comes at the end with Fitzgerald extension

January 28, 2021

The most successful era of Northwestern sports came to a close on a sunny January afternoon in Orlando. The Wildcats’ 35-19 win over Auburn on Jan. 1 gave NU a Citrus Bowl trophy to top off a wildly...

On this day in 1851, Northwestern was chartered

January 28, 2021

On Jan. 28, 1851, the state of Illinois chartered Northwestern University. Learn about the beginning of Northwestern’s history and about the land it sits on. Closed captions available. Email: [email protected]  Twitter:...

Plastic pollution in an Illinois waterway. With millions of pounds of plastic entering Lake Michigan annually, conservationists are pushing for changes at all levels to address the problem.

Lake Michigan plastic pollution poses ecological and social threats

January 28, 2021

As advocates push for clarity within Evanston’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan, local researchers and advocates are raising alarm about the growing social and ecological effects of plastic pollution...

As vaccine hesitancy threatens to increase COVID-19 disparities, local experts try to build trust

As vaccine hesitancy threatens to increase COVID-19 disparities, local experts try to build trust

January 27, 2021

When healthcare workers from NorthShore University HealthSystem received the COVID-19 vaccine in mid-December, uptake rates hovered just above 50 percent. Lakshmi Halasyamani, chief medical officer...

A graphic of a person wearing a homemade mask. Experts are suggesting people wear two layers of masks as more contagious COVID-19 variants spread.

Health experts suggest wearing two masks as COVID-19 variant begins to spread

January 27, 2021

As new, potentially more contagious COVID-19 variants spread throughout the country, some medical experts recommend that people wear two layers of masks. The first case of the United Kingdom B.1.1.7....

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