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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


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Northwestern women alumni who have taken business and coaching by storm

October 27, 2022

The growth in participation and investment in women’s sports since the 1972 passage of Title IX has propelled many women to take on leadership roles in the professional world. In spite of institutional...

Katie Krall (left) poses for a picture on her first day of work at the 2018 MLB First Year Player Draft. Krall joined the three-year MLB Inaugural Fellowship program this summer.

Q&A: NU alumna Katie Krall joins Boston Red Sox as minor league coach in historic signing

February 15, 2022

Baseball Four years after graduating from Northwestern, Katie Krall (Weinberg ’18) has already made strides in professional baseball. The Park Ridge native signed with the Boston Red Sox in January...

Allyson Darragh in the Northwestern dugout. Darragh is in her fourth year as the Wildcats’ director of baseball operations.

Baseball: In male-dominated field, Northwestern’s Allyson Darragh paves own way

May 16, 2019

Baseball When Allyson Darragh was in high school, she would sneak into her school’s press box to update the scoreboard during every baseball game. “I loved the head coach, (but) he did not...

John Trautwein throws out the first pitch. The former Northwestern and professional pitcher presented the Paul Stevens Life Teammates Award to NU senior Connor Lind on May 18.

NU alum throws first pitch in son’s memory, presents senior award

May 30, 2018

Baseball Ask any Northwestern baseball fan about John Trautwein and they will say he’s thrown a lot of important pitches in his life. Trautwein (Weinberg ’84) started 49 games in his Wildcat...

Balk: A defense of flip-floppery

Balk: A defense of flip-floppery

March 31, 2016

It might have sunk John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign. And it’s a familiar charge against current Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. In America, we accept plenty of flaws, but there is one...

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