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

The Daily Northwestern


Letter to the editor: LLSP, AASP faculty demand University drop disciplinary action against ICE protesters

May 23, 2017

We, faculty members, staff and general supporters of Latina and Latino Studies Program and Asian American Studies Program at Northwestern University, write in support of the students who protested against...

ASG Speaker of the Senate Matt Clarkston listens to dialogue among senators at Wednesday’s Senate meeting. A resolution supporting an Asian-American studies major was introduced and will be voted on next week.

ASG introduces resolution to support Asian-American studies major creation

January 21, 2016

A resolution introduced by Northwestern’s Associated Student Government on Wednesday expressed support for the creation of an Asian-American studies major. The resolution said the major could “uncover...

Faculty to call for Asian American Studies major 20 years after hunger strike

Faculty to call for Asian American Studies major 20 years after hunger strike

May 6, 2015

Twenty years after a hunger strike to establish the Asian American Studies Program shook Northwestern’s campus, the program’s faculty plans to submit a proposal to establish an Asian-American studies...

Grace Lee addresses an audience of about 25 following a screening of her documentary “American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs” at Evanston Public Library on Thursday. The documentary focuses on the life and work of Chinese-American civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs.

Northwestern, Evanston Public Library host filmmaker, documentary screening

April 24, 2015

Evanston Public Library and Northwestern’s Asian American Studies Program screened a documentary about a Chinese-American activist Thursday, followed by a Q&A session with the filmmaker. About...

African Americans Studies Prof. Natasha Sharma spoke Thursday night about the importance of ethnic studies as part of a panel hosted by the Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance, Alianza and For Members Only.

Ethnic studies panel emphasizes community, ‘disruption’

March 7, 2013

Advocating for coalition building and disruptions to the campus climate, a panel of professors and graduate students spoke Thursday evening about the significance of Northwestern’s ethnic studies programs...

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