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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

Chemistry Ph.D. student, GoSTEM founder Nicolas Watkins dies

March 14, 2023

Chemistry Ph.D. student Nicolas Watkins has died, the University announced in a news release Friday. According to Chemistry Department graduate program administrator Jonathan Maendel, Watkins was an...

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Weinberg senior named 2023 Rhodes Scholar for international service

November 15, 2022

Weinberg senior Irena Petryk was named a 2023 Rhodes Scholar, Northwestern announced Monday. The scholarship, which awards students for exceptional academic achievement and demonstrated ambition for...

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Pulitzer-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert talks climate change at annual Leopold Lecture

October 12, 2022

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and environmentalist Elizabeth Kolbert delivered the 33rd Leopold Lecture on her book, “Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future,” on Wednesday night. The Leopold...

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Obama speechwriter and alum Cody Keenan discusses new book during Reunion Weekend

October 9, 2022

Alumni, students and faculty gathered in McCormick Auditorium Friday for a discussion with Cody Keenan (Weinberg ‘02), former chief speechwriter for President Barack Obama, as part of Northwestern’s...

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Northwestern mathematics prof Steve Zelditch dies at 68

September 20, 2022

Mathematics Prof. Steve Zelditch died at the age of 68 on Sept. 11 after battling cancer, Northwestern announced Friday.  Zelditch, the Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Mathematics, taught at...

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