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The Daily Northwestern

Pranav Baskar

Pranav Baskar, Reporter

Pranav is a reporter for The Daily Northwestern’s campus desk. You can reach out to him with tips or inquiries via email or Twitter.

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Hamstrung by a lack of departmental status, Northwestern’s ethnic studies programs have – until recently – been barred from hiring tenure-track faculty exclusive to their fields, leading to a turnover crisis.

Doing double: Ethnic studies programs — suffering funding and faculty dearth, high turnover rates, intense working conditions — demand structure reform

May 30, 2019
Political theorist and gender studies scholar Dr. Inshah Malik speaks at a Tuesday event co-hosted by SASA and McSA.

Political theorist and gender scholar discusses Kashmir conflict, political resistance

May 28, 2019
Humboldt Park, a neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. Multicultural Student Affairs is sponsoring trips to neighborhoods in the city.

Multicultural Student Affairs initiative connects Northwestern students to Chicago communities

May 14, 2019
Communication Prof. Elizabeth Son. Son has recently been named an inaugural recipient of the Mellon/ACLS Scholars & Society Fellowship.

Communication Prof. Elizabeth Son named inaugural recipient of Mellon/ACLS fellowship

May 14, 2019
An assortment of student planners ready to be filled with summer plans. 15 students will received Undergraduate Language Grants for the summer.

Fifteen students to use Undergraduate Language Grant to fund immersive language learning this summer

May 7, 2019
Students discuss their experiences adjusting to American culture at Monday event.

Students discuss experiences as black immigrants at discussion panel

May 6, 2019
The Garage. Another racist sticker was found in a student's laptop sleeve.

Fourth “Its okay to be white” sticker found; no University policy promises made

May 1, 2019
Civil rights activist Diane Nash speaks with Weinberg Prof. Martha Biondi at a Thursday event hosted at Lutkin hall. Nash recounted her experiences as an activist and emphasized the need for civic activism.

Civil rights trailblazer Diane Nash recounts experience as organizer, emphasizes importance of activism

April 25, 2019
Jonathan Holloway. The provost laid out his academic vision for the school.

In interview, Provost Holloway lays out academic vision of interdisciplinary collaboration

April 24, 2019
The Office of Financial Aid, where the Work Study Office is housed. Students have struggled with figuring out how work study fits into a financial aid package.

Work-study doesn’t work for everyone: students share challenges, obstacles to robust employment on campus

April 15, 2019
Annie Gao. The SESP sophomore works with College Fashionista.

The fashion influencers of Northwestern: Students use digital media to connect with fashion companies

April 9, 2019
Thomas McDade. The Weinberg Prof. is the director of the laboratory for human biology research.

Poverty leaves an imprint on genes, new Northwestern research reveals

April 4, 2019
Joyce D’Aprile. The McCormick junior believes studying abroad, which is possible through the Gilman Scholarship, is important for STEM majors.

Record number of NU students awarded prestigious international education scholarship

April 4, 2019
The graphic displays the process through which images can be displayed at programmable 3D positions. Northwestern researchers developed these optical elements.

NU researchers develop new optical technology that may one day replace traditional refractive lenses

April 2, 2019
Students march to a Board of Trustees meeting in 2014 to ask Northwestern to divest its endowment funds from the coal industry. After four years of debates, discussion and waiting, Fossil Free Northwestern wants to see concrete action on the University’s divestment from nonrenewable energy.

The battle for fossil fuel divestment: How students are rebuilding a movement in the face of defeat and bureaucracy

February 25, 2019
Members of the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility. Fossil Free Northwestern urged the committee to move forward with a proposal calling on the University to divest itself of all holdings in fossil fuel companies and reinvest in green energy.

First proposal submitted to ACIR demands University divestment from fossil fuel companies

February 19, 2019
The CatsWork team. CatsWork helps students keep track of their professional connections and supplies them with Northwestern-specific tools and tips to tackle the career process.

Student-run startup CatsWork brings free career recruitment resources to NU students

February 17, 2019
Chicago producer Monte Booker. Booker will co-headline the third Chicago Benefit concert put on by A&O Productions along with Evanston-based rapper and producer Kweku Collins.

Monte Booker, Kweku Collins to co-headline A&O Chicago Benefit

February 13, 2019
SESP Prof. Diane Schanzenbach. Schanzenbach has been elected to the National Academy of Education, a prestigious team of scholars dedicated to the advancement of impactful education research.

SESP Prof. Diane Schanzenbach elected to National Academy of Education

February 12, 2019
The office of Northwestern Student Enrichment Services. Hundreds of students received financial support through SES’s One Form program and over $330,000 was awarded to students last year

Hundreds of students used SES’s One Form program to access funding opportunities

February 11, 2019
University Police deputy chief Eric Chin. Since Nov. 13, UP has received no reports of attempted grabbings

Reports of attempted grabbings on campus come to a halt as UP amps up security

January 28, 2019
Weinberg senior Broderick Topil. Topil is a student ambassador at ULA, where he focuses on issues of LGBTQ identity abroad.

LGBTQ students face unique impediments when studying abroad. How does Northwestern support them?

January 23, 2019
Evanston Township High School/District 202. Board members expressed concern over lagging literary preparedness.

District 202 school board expresses dismay over literacy results

January 15, 2019
Amos Pomp. To provide an alternative to participating in recruitment, Pomp posted on Facebook a list of other activities to do around campus or in downtown Evanston.

Recruitment week is here — but some students refuse to go Greek

January 11, 2019
Ravi Shankar, director of Northwestern's International Office. Shankar will assume the role as president and chairman of the board of directors at NAFSA.

Director of NU’s International Office takes leadership role at global education organization

January 10, 2019
Beta Theta Pi house. Members of the fraternity relocated into University housing following the chapter’s suspension in December.

Beta Theta Pi members forced to move out of campus house following suspension

January 7, 2019
Confiscated guns on display at police headquarters in Chicago. Despite a 28 percent reduction in shootings since last year, Chicago is still one of America's deadliest cities.

Gun culture is alive and well but students hope for change

October 31, 2018
Alice Walker addresses students and Chicago locals at a Chicago Humanities Festival event. Walker said destruction is compounded by partisan noise and mass media portrayals of outspoken individuals.

Alice Walker says culture of individualism needs to change

October 28, 2018
The Pritzker School of Law. Law schools across the nation have been seeing an increase in applicants due to improved job market.

Pritzker applications jumped amid tightening labor market, political zeal

October 18, 2018
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