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The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


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NU students launch app to promote in-person socialization

September 28, 2021

Weinberg sophomores Avi Sanghavi, Jack Moses and Carl Richardson were sitting in Moses’s room late one Friday night last spring with a pressing dilemma. “We're two football players and a guy who...

The new app, built collaboratively by an MIT student and two Northwestern students, uses a ‘one problem at a time’ setup to help tutors teach what they know.

As remote learning continues, student startup looks to connect tutors to students

May 18, 2020

Last fall, Grant Gregus decided he’d try to make some extra cash by tutoring on the side. He applied to be a Chegg tutor, sending the education site his transcript and information: senior at the Massachusetts...

Tori Zuzelo, university relations chair for Mayfest, explained several updates about Dillo Day during a Community Conversations event. Mayfest representatives announced the launch of a smartphone application for Dillo Day at the conversation Tuesday night alongside representatives from the Northwestern and Evanston communities.

Evanston, Northwestern representatives talk Dillo Day app, new initiatives at Community Conversations event

May 13, 2014

Mayfest representatives announced the launch of a smartphone application for Dillo Day at a dialogue on Tuesday night with representatives from the Northwestern and Evanston communities. The application...

Lyft now brings its ride-sharing service to Evanston. The San Francisco-based service, which was founded in 2012, features cars with pink mustaches.

New ride-sharing startup expands to Evanston to give residents a ‘lyft’

January 9, 2014

Evanston residents looking to travel around the Chicago area can now commute via a car emblazoned with a pink mustache. This novel form of transportation came to the city through Lyft, a San Francisco-based...

Fanatic, an app for sports fans, allows users to find the most popular locations to watch their team’s games. Babak Poushanchi (Weinberg ‘98) created the app 10 months ago, and it already has more than 10,000 users.

Northwestern alumnus creates Fanatic app for sports fans

November 4, 2013

Many Northwestern fans have a familiar problem: They are outside of the Midwest, but the Wildcats are playing that day. They look for a place to watch the big game, but the sports grill they stumble across...

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