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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

A civil lawsuit unsealed last week alleges Northwestern ignored a whistle-blowers concerns that a Feinberg School of Medicine researcher was billing personal expenses and phony consulting fees to federal grants.

Lawsuit: Northwestern ‘refused to seriously address’ whistle-blower’s concerns

August 5, 2013

Northwestern ignored a whistle-blower's concerns that a cancer researcher was billing personal expenses and phony consulting fees to federal grants, according to a civil lawsuit unsealed last week. The...

University President Morton Schapiro meets with journalists in South Korea. He came back this week from a 13-day trip abroad.

Schapiro wraps up 13-day trip to China, South Korea

August 2, 2013

University President Morton Schapiro returned this week from a 13-day trip to meet with Northwestern students and alumni in China and South Korea. Schapiro visited San Francisco before flying to Xi’an,...

A banner reading MORTY DONT DEMO HISTORIC PRENTICE flies over Northwesterns commencement ceremony Friday morning at Ryan Field. University spokesman Al Cubbage said it was disappointing someone decided to push the message during a day of celebration for the NU community.

Anti-Prentice demolition message crashes commencement ceremony

June 21, 2013

Thousands of Northwestern commencement attendees spotted an unexpected guest Friday morning above Ryan Field. "MORTY DON'T DEMO HISTORIC PRENTICE," read a banner attached to a propeller plane flying...

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Feinberg professor says he wrote anonymous resignation letter singling out student conduct

June 12, 2013

Feinberg Prof. Mark Waymack said Tuesday night he authored the anonymous resignation letter read at this week's City Council meeting. Waymack, an adjunct associate professor in the medical school's...

Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) reads a letter from a Northwestern faculty member saying he resigns because of student misbehavior. She said the letter is addressed to University President Morton Schapiro and was mailed to her.

Updated: Northwestern faculty member resigns in letter read to Evanston City Council

June 11, 2013

A Northwestern faculty member is leaving the university because he believes administrators cannot control student misbehavior, Ald. Judy Fiske (1st) said Monday night, reading a letter from the longtime...

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