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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


The “We Will” campaign is almost one-third of the way through its five-year course. As of now, the fundraising effort has raised $2.4 billion out of its $3.75 billion goal.

Northwestern’s ‘We Will’ campaign raises $2.4 billion in 19 months

November 2, 2015

Nearly one-third of the way in, Northwestern’s “We Will” fundraising campaign is ahead of schedule with $2.4 billion raised of its $3.75 billion goal. “The campaign is so far ahead of where...

 A rendering of the Feinberg School of Medicine's incoming biomedical research center on the Chicago Campus. The Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center broke ground in May after a $92 million donation from the couple to the We Will campaign.

Feinberg research growing from injections of federal dollars, private gifts

July 8, 2015

Although the national government’s biomedical research funding has been stagnant for the past dozen years, funding for Northwestern’s medical school research has been steadily growing — a counterintuitive...

Northwestern launches new online fundraising platform for student groups

April 13, 2015

Northwestern has developed a new online tool to help student groups fundraise. In partnership with ScaleFunder, a crowdfunding platform for universities and nonprofits, NU launched Catalyzer to allow...

A panel discusses a new Northwestern global studies initiative on Jan. 28 after the University announced Roberta Buffett Elliott’s (Weinberg ‘54) record $100 million donation to the “We Will” campaign. NU officials have confirmed that the campaign is ahead of schedule.

‘We Will’ fundraising ahead of schedule, Northwestern officials say

February 19, 2015

Top University officials have confirmed Northwestern's "We Will" campaign is ahead of schedule. “Either we’ll finish the campaign early or we’ll raise more than what we have set a goal for,”...

In Focus: Schapiro's unconventional first 4 years marked by successes, controversies

In Focus: Schapiro’s unconventional first 4 years marked by successes, controversies

May 30, 2013

University President Morton Schapiro does not always know what he is going to say. Before Schapiro’s first speech as president of Williams College in 2000, the school’s presidential search committee...

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