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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Scott Hall, 601 University Place. Students asked for better pathways of communication with the Board of Trustees on divestment issues at Thursday’s Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility meeting.

Students ask for transparency from trustees, representation on CIO search

December 11, 2020

Students asked for transparency from Northwestern’s Board of Trustees at the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility meeting Thursday. ACIR and attendees discussed the University’s search...

Last week's ACIR meeting in Guild Lounge. Students expressed concerns at the time over the lack of a trustee decision on Fossil Free Northwestern’s divestment proposal.

Board of Trustees rejects Fossil Free divestment proposal

February 20, 2020

The Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees rejected Fossil Free Northwestern’s divestment proposal calling for the University to divest from any of the top 100 coal and oil and gas companies,...

Tuesday’s ACIR meeting in Guild Lounge. Students expressed concerns at the lack of a trustee decision on Fossil Free Northwestern’s divestment proposal.

Students demand timeline on Board divestment decision

February 11, 2020

Students demanded a timeline from the Board of Trustees on its decision regarding Fossil Free Northwestern’s divestment proposal at the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility meeting Tuesday. Philip...

Northwestern students protest the university’s fossil fuel investments in 2014. On Jan. 25, Northwestern’s Associated Student Government joined the governing bodies of 13 other Big Ten schools in supporting a resolution calling on their schools to divest from fossil fuels.

ASG signs Big Ten resolution in support of divestment

February 4, 2020

Northwestern’s Associated Student Government joined the 13 other schools in the Big Ten in passing a resolution on Jan. 25 in support of university divestment on fossil fuels at the Association of Big...

Fossil Free Northwestern publishes petition calling for fossil fuel divestment

November 14, 2019

Fossil Free Northwestern, a coalition of students, faculty, alumni and community members for environmentally-friendly endowments, has published a petition calling on Northwestern to stop investing in fossil...

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