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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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The Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Dr. Artist Fox Maxy screened three of his short films in an event hosted by the museum.

Block Museum screened animated film featuring drawings by incarcerated artists

September 25, 2020

The Block Museum of Art presented a virtual screening Thursday of film “The Long Term,” which features an animation made up of drawings created by incarcerated individuals with long-term sentences.   The...

Welsh-Ryan Arena. Until 2021 the University can host for-profit concerts and professional sport events at the arena, but all events have been put on hold because of COVID-19.

“Why should we trust you?”: Despite pandemic complications, residents remain opposed to for-profit events at Welsh-Ryan Arena, citing distrust with Northwestern

September 25, 2020

In September 2019, Northwestern submitted its final application to the city of Evanston to allow the university to host professional events and for-profit concerts at Welsh-Ryan Arena. A question on...

WeChat is the most popular messaging app in China. When Chinese international students come to study in the U.S., it’s one of the only ways they can keep in contact with friends and family back home.

Chinese international students feel anxiety, frustration over potential WeChat ban

September 25, 2020

When Weinberg sophomore Ika Qiao needs to contact someone, her “automatic reaction” is to open WeChat. Weinberg junior Lily Liu said WeChat isn’t just a messaging app — it combines the functions...

 A protester holds up a sign on June 14, 2020 on S Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Chicago. Protests calling for racial justice and an end to abusive policing have spread nationwide in response to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many others at the hands of the police.

“A badly broken system”: Northwestern professors respond to Breonna Taylor ruling

September 25, 2020

On Wednesday — over six months after police shot 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in her own home — a Louisville grand jury came to a decision. Former Louisville detective Brett Hankinson was charged with...

A group of engineers from Northwestern and the George Washington University recently developed a new balloon-shaped catheter that will improve treatment for cardiac arrhythmia. They have already created a company called NuSera Biosystems that will help commercialize the instrument.

Northwestern engineers develop new medical instruments to improve treatment for cardiac diseases

September 24, 2020

A group of engineers from Northwestern and The George Washington University recently developed new medical instruments with smart sensors that improve the diagnoses and treatments of cardiac diseases. Cardiac...

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