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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


An illustration of Alice Millar Chapel.

Holiday magic returns to Alice Millar with Chapel Choir, brass and orchestral ensembles concert

December 1, 2021

A longtime Northwestern holiday tradition will return Sunday when the Alice Millar Chapel Choir performs its annual Festival of Lessons and Carols concert. This year’s concert will involve a holiday...

Harvard Prof. Anthony Jack speaks at Alice Millar Chapel. Jack, who is the seventh speaker of the Nancy and Ray Loeschner Leadership Series, said elite institutions aren’t doing enough to accommodate low-income, first-generation students.

Author Anthony Jack wants elite universities to do more to accommodate low-income, first-generation students

October 23, 2019

When Anthony Jack first set foot on Amherst College as a freshman in 2003, he asked himself: “Where are the poor black folks?” He eventually found friends that were also low-income, first-generation...

The chancel window behind the altar of the Alice Millar Chapel, designed by Benoit Gilsoul. The window represents creation, redemption and triumph.

Glass act: History and impact of stained glass windows in Alice Millar Chapel

July 23, 2019

At the end of 1961, artist Benoît Gilsoul and his family packed up their belongings and moved from Belgium to Queens. Although he spoke little English, he began to design for Willet Stained Glass Studios...

Halima Aden speaks at the Alice Millar Chapel. Aden, who grew up in a Kakuma refugee camp, was the first model to wear a hijab on an international runway.

Northwestern Muslim Cultural Students Association presents first hijab-wearing supermodel as spring speaker

May 21, 2019

Muslim activist and Somali-American supermodel Halima Aden recounted the story of how she went from living in a Kenyan refugee camp to walking international runways to becoming the first-ever fashion model...

Students discuss the role of the messiah in Parkes Hall at an interfaith event titled “What are we waiting for?”. The event brought in faith leaders from the Islamic, Christian and Jewish traditions.

Faith leaders consider role of Messiah at interfaith dialogue

April 18, 2019

In the middle of Holy Week, two days before Passover and two weeks until Ramadan, faith leaders from three monotheistic religions came together to discuss a question at the center of their faiths: “What...

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