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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


Editor Emma Edmund explains history of Fossil Free NU, divestment

March 4, 2020

Across the world, universities, institutions and governments are divesting from the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change. City Editor Emma Edmund breaks down the history of Fossil Free Northwestern...

John Evans Alumni Center. Board Chairman J. Landis Martin said the Board would not reconsider its decision to keep Evans’ names on University buildings.

Board of Trustees chairman: John Evans’ name removal will not be reconsidered, Evans’ conduct was “exemplary”

March 3, 2020

Board of Trustees chairman J. Landis Martin said the Board will not reconsider its decision to keep John Evans’ name on the John Evans Alumni Center other campus spaces. The decision to maintain the...

In Focus: Trustees and student activists at impasse after divestment proposal rejected

In Focus: Trustees and student activists at impasse after divestment proposal rejected

March 3, 2020

It was below freezing. Wind blew flurries of snow everywhere, rendering the coats and gloves students wore relatively useless. But the ugly weather did not stop a group of approximately 50 students from...

For some students, the event is the only occasion when they can meet with senior administrators in such a casual setting.

Students and administrators bring ideas to the table at Community Dialogue dinner

February 28, 2020

Students, faculty and administrators discussed academics, mental health and intersectional equity over dinner this Thursday at Associated Student Government’s Community Dialogue. The quarterly event...

Last week's ACIR meeting in Guild Lounge. Students expressed concerns at the time over the lack of a trustee decision on Fossil Free Northwestern’s divestment proposal.

Board of Trustees rejects Fossil Free divestment proposal

February 20, 2020

The Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees rejected Fossil Free Northwestern’s divestment proposal calling for the University to divest from any of the top 100 coal and oil and gas companies,...

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