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The Daily Northwestern

Jordan Harrison, Reporter

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ASG plans self-care campaign to be partially implemented during Reading Period

May 29, 2014
Guy Josif, a survivor of the Darfur genocide, speaks Tuesday in Annenberg Hall. The Fiedler Hillel Center, Challah for Hunger and the Northwestern University Community for Human Rights sponsored the event.

Darfur refugee Guy Josif speaks at Northwestern

May 27, 2014

American Sign Language Club hosts ‘Silent Night’

May 25, 2014
Students gathered at Norris University Center on Thursday for a “Living Library,” an event put on to promote the sharing of different perspectives from people of diverse backgrounds on campus.

Students share stories through ‘Living Library’

May 22, 2014
Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha organized a march Wednesday for sexual assault awareness. Many participants, including some male students, wore heels during the event, “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.”

Alpha Kappa Alpha hosts march for sexual assault awareness

May 21, 2014
Author David Harris-Gershon speaks about how he was affected by a 2002 bombing at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Harris-Gershon and Fiedler Hillel Center director Michael Simon spoke at Hillel about their experiences following the bombing in an event co-sponsored by the Office of Religious Life and the Creative Writing Program.

Hillel director, memoir author discuss aftermath of 2002 bombing

May 20, 2014
Angela Davis interacts with audience members during her talk at Fisk Hall Monday night. Davis discussed a variety of topics during the presentation, including her work in the anti-prison movement.

Radical activist Angela Davis draws large crowd for social justice talk

May 20, 2014
Annie Baker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, speaks Saturday at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. During the event, Baker discussed how her career progressed and offered advice for budding playwrights.

Award-winning playwright offers advice to aspiring students

May 18, 2014
Associated Student Government and Residential Services are working to open dining halls after operating hours for student use. Administrators will have to update dining hall security before they can be used as meeting spaces.

ASG, Residential Services consider dining halls for student meeting space

May 15, 2014
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) spoke about youth involvement in politics at Northwestern on Tuesday. She encouraged students to vote in off-season elections and spoke about a new initiative to register voters.

Schakowsky talks voter suppression, youth political engagement

May 13, 2014
Swimmer Michael Holtz addresses students at Annenberg Hall Thursday night. Rainbow Alliance sponsored the talk by Holtz, who is openly gay, as its Spring Speaker.

LGBT activist and swimmer talks personal acceptance, LGBT athletes

May 8, 2014

Mayfest, Northwestern Art Review to bring student artwork to Dillo Day

May 8, 2014

Study: Most children in alcohol-related crashes riding with impaired drivers

May 7, 2014

Northwestern researchers develop environmentally friendly solar cell

May 5, 2014

Project Wildcat counselors fundraise for financial aid

May 2, 2014

NU-Q study examines ‘Arab Spring’ language

April 30, 2014
Northwestern professor voted into National Academy of Sciences

Northwestern professor voted into National Academy of Sciences

April 29, 2014

Northwestern professor creates inexpensive test for infectious diseases

April 28, 2014

Northwestern programmers innovate at hackathon competition

April 27, 2014

Classics department to host ‘Iliad’ marathon

April 24, 2014

Northwestern to begin Xfinity On Campus pilot

April 22, 2014

Northwestern ‘takes back the night’ for Sexual Assault Awareness Week

April 20, 2014

Wealthy elite influence government policy more than average voters, study finds

April 17, 2014

Northwestern enters joint venture with India’s Bridge School of Management

April 16, 2014
President Obama congratulates Cody Keenan on receiving an Emerging Leader Award from the Northwestern Alumni Association. Keenan (Weinberg ‘02) has served as one of Obama’s speechwriters since the 2008 presidential campaign and was named Chief Speechwriter last year.

President Obama congratulates alumnus on Emerging Leader Award

April 15, 2014

Hulu Plus trial ends, Residential Services to launch Comcast pilot

April 14, 2014
Undergraduate and graduate students can revamp Northwestern services such as Caesar and Wildcat Connection during ASG’s RedesigNU: Hackathon on April 25 and 26. The grand prize winners of the competition will receive $2,000.

ASG to sponsor ‘hackathon’ to redesign Northwestern web services

April 13, 2014

Majority of Northwestern web systems not vulnerable to Heartbleed bug

April 10, 2014
Stephen Colbert (Communication ‘86) will replace David Letterman as the host of “Late Night” following Letterman’s retirement later this year.

Stephen Colbert to take over “The Late Show”

April 10, 2014

Northwestern inventors create running-powered cell phone charger

April 10, 2014

Northwestern plans collaborative startup space for student entrepreneurs

April 7, 2014

Food Waste and Hunger Summit draws national crowd

April 6, 2014

CTA announces change in rail operations scheduling policy

April 4, 2014
Two students kiss in “Northwestern’s First Kiss.” Northwestern Sex Week produced the montage after the original “First Kiss” video went viral.

Students create ‘First Kiss’ video to promote Northwestern’s Sex Week

April 2, 2014
Students dance during Dillo Day 2012. Dillo Day has not had a female headliner since Regina Spektor in 2010.

Female Dillo Day artist a Mayfest priority

March 31, 2014
Seniors in 120-hour club recall 4 years of Dance Marathon experience

Seniors in 120-hour club recall 4 years of Dance Marathon experience

March 9, 2014
NU to update Wi-Fi for five residential buildings

NU to update Wi-Fi for five residential buildings

February 27, 2014

Students, community members build house for ETHS geometry class

February 23, 2014

Evanston Township High School pilots Chromebooks for freshman students

February 18, 2014
Northwestern professors created a video describing the physical and chemical properties of spherical nucleic acids. The video received a People’s Choice award in a science visualization competition sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Northwestern professors win award in international science visualization contest

February 13, 2014
The south counter of Frontera Fresco in Norris University Center is under construction to become Dunkin’ Donuts. The construction, which began Jan. 21, is tentatively set to finish in the first or second week of March.

Dunkin’ Donuts construction underway, ahead of schedule in Norris

February 5, 2014
A student watches a video using Hulu Plus on her laptop. Northwestern Residential Services has given some students Hulu Plus accounts as a replacement for NUTV, which was discontinued over the summer. Ebony Calloway/The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern pilots Hulu Plus for residential students

February 4, 2014
Bikes sit parked outside of Whole Foods, 1640 Chicago Ave. Despite the recent drop in temperatures, outdoor racks remain popular places to store bikes because free storage in campus buildings is limited.

Options limited as students look to protect bikes from snow

January 28, 2014
Guests at the Art Institute of Chicago observe Georges Seurat's "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte." The museum opened its doors Thursday to Northwestern students, faculty, alumni and friends to kick off its partnership with the University.

Northwestern Night kicks off Art Institute partnership

January 24, 2014
Jeremy Gilbert

Purple Profile: Medill professor starts new job at National Geographic, continues Headliner app

January 14, 2014

School of Communication to launch new documentary master’s program

January 12, 2014
Attendees listen to President Morton Schapiro at the Political Union discussion in Scott Hall’s Ripton Room on Wednesday evening. Schapiro described several empirical studies on the economics of higher education in his talk.

President Schapiro speaks with Political Union at round table discussion

October 30, 2013

McCormick graduate wins Fortune startup contest

October 25, 2013

Freshman actor recounts role in ‘Star Trek’

October 17, 2013

Bottle & Bottega hosts grand opening of Evanston location

October 17, 2013

Feinberg students debut new public health review

October 8, 2013
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