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The Evanston Community Foundation launched the Evanston Two-Generation Education Initiative Feb. 18. The program provides education and financial guidance for parents and opportunities for early education for their children.

Foundation launches ‘2-generation’ program

March 7, 2014
The Evanston Ecology Center is collaborating with the Pollinator Partnership and Burt’s Bees to provide habitats for pollinators, including birds, bees and butterflies. Five plants will be donated to the Evanston Ecology Center for every Burt’s Bees lip balm purchased at the Net Zero Walgreens.

Ecology Center partners with Burt’s Bees, Walgreens to help pollinators

February 26, 2014

Mathematics professors win Sloan Research Fellowships

February 26, 2014

Kellogg to start new MBA program with Peking University in Beijing

February 24, 2014
University President Morton Schapiro addresses concerns of student financial situations Monday afternoon at the McCormick Tribune Center. The event was hosted by Northwesterns chapter of Quest Scholars.

Schapiro talks socioeconomic concerns at Quest Scholars fireside

February 17, 2014
Melina Kibbe, a professor of vascular surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine, was featured on “60 Minutes” in a segment on recent discoveries regarding the importance of sex-based medical research. Kibbe launched a review of recently published articles in leading medical journals and has found that of the articles reviewed so far, only three percent have featured studies on both male and female subjects.

Feinberg professor featured on ’60 Minutes’ for research on drugs, gender

February 11, 2014

Evidence found by Medill Justice Project casts doubt on 2005 murder conviction

February 5, 2014
A cyclist bikes on Church Street in Evanston. A nearly 38-mile Evanston-Elgin bikeway will allow cyclists to travel from the Fox River Trail to Lake Michigan.

City builds parts of Evanston-Elgin Bikeway

February 3, 2014

Mother-daughter duo opens handcrafted goods store in downtown Evanston

January 30, 2014
Myrlie Evers-Williams delivers the concluding keynote address for Northwestern’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration Monday evening. Evers-Williams is a civil rights activist and former chairperson of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Former chair of NAACP closes MLK celebration with keynote address

January 27, 2014
Improv comedy group Mee-Ow will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year. Founded in 1974, the group has included several famous cast members, including Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Communication 83).

Mee-Ow celebrates 40 years of improv, sketch comedy

January 22, 2014
A fire destroyed three Davis Street businesses Dec. 29. The Davis Street Fire Fund has raised $12,000 to support employees of the affected businesses.

Fire fund raises $12K to support workers

January 19, 2014
Create Unexpected Joy set up a table in Norris during finals week encouraging students to write nice notes to each other. The club began Fall Quarter to encourage students to do random acts of kindness.

New club works to bring ‘unexpected joy’ to Northwestern

January 17, 2014

Dunkin’ Donuts will increase traffic, brand names, officials say

January 17, 2014
A new plug-in electric vehicle charging station will be installed at the Maple Avenue parking garage within the next two months. Currently, there are three public charging stations in Evanston.

Evanston to install downtown electric vehicle charging station

January 13, 2014
Speakers chat before the start of an Afrofuturism panel at Harris Hall on Thursday. For Members Only and the African American Studies department invited speakers to talk about the new literary genre.

Panelists discuss burgeoning literary genre Afrofuturism

January 9, 2014
Lyft now brings its ride-sharing service to Evanston. The San Francisco-based service, which was founded in 2012, features cars with pink mustaches.

New ride-sharing startup expands to Evanston to give residents a ‘lyft’

January 9, 2014
Evanston fire department division chief Geoff Block retired in December. He served in Evanston for 26 years.

Evanston fire division chief retires after 26 years

January 6, 2014

Before you leave: What you need to know

November 26, 2013
Residents attend the Evanston Township open house Thursday afternoon. The open house was held to share information about the new location of township offices.

Evanston Township holds open house at new location

November 21, 2013
Sally Blount, dean of the Kellogg School of Management, speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the business school’s new building. The ceremony was held Thursday evening to celebrate plans for Kellogg’s new global hub.

Administrators, trustees celebrate new Kellogg building at groundbreaking

November 15, 2013
A Northwestern student gives a henna tattoo to a Project Pumpkin participant. The Muslim-cultural Student Association set up a booth at the event.

Student groups give children Halloween experience at Project Pumpkin

October 25, 2013

Northwestern cancer center holds annual town hall on breast cancer

October 8, 2013
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