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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

Michael Wilbon (Medill ‘80) speaks with students from the 2012 class of the Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute. The program is one of several pre-college programs offered to provide education to high school students and advertise NU.

Pre-college programs educate high school students, sell Northwestern at the same time

May 30, 2013

In a little more than two weeks, most of Northwestern's more than 8,000 students will pack up their bags, clean out their dorm rooms and head out for the summer. Two weeks later, hundreds of high school...

In this screenshot posted earlier this week on admissions message board College Confidential, Michael Mills, associate provost for university enrollment, shows off a fake internal database that groups Northwestern applicants by their parents and guidance counselors complaints. University spokesman Al Cubbage said Wednesday it was an ill-advised attempt at humor.

Northwestern apologizes after leaked emails show admissions official mocking counselors, parents

May 29, 2013

The University apologized this morning for a fake internal database that mocked parents and guidance counselors of Northwestern applicants. Screenshots of the phony classification system and email correspondence...

The University is beginning conversations about student access to labs following the death of McCormick sophomore Dmitri Teplov. Teplov was found in a lab in Pancoe Hall on May 5 after taking his own life.

Student’s death raises questions about lab access at Northwestern

May 28, 2013

Top administrators are taking a closer look at Northwestern's policies regarding lab access after McCormick sophomore Dmitri Teplov committed suicide earlier this month in Pancoe Hall. Teplov killed...

Bienen graduate student says he may fail class after ‘racially insensitive’ incident

May 22, 2013

A Bienen graduate student is claiming his professor plans to fail him for refusing to perform a song with lyrics written by Walt Whitman, a poet he described as a “self-documented racist.” Timothy...

Michael Kerr and his sister Jacquelyn Rowles pose for a photo at the Chicago Air and Water Show last year.

Son of construction worker killed on campus sues general contractor for Northwestern building

May 22, 2013

The 21-year-old son of a construction worker killed last week by a falling beam is suing the general contractor for Northwestern's new Music and Communication Building. Michael Kerr, 57, was hit in...

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