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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

University police officers formed a shoulder-to-shoulder wall blocking the Lutkin Hall foyer amid protests against former Attorney General Jeff Sessions. An open letter signed by dozens of recent Northwestern graduates denounced Northwestern’s choice to deploy UP officers to quiet student protestors.

Northwestern alumni send an open letter to President Morton Schapiro, denounce deployment of NUPD during Sessions’ visit

November 15, 2019

On Tuesday, 47 recent Northwestern graduates signed an open letter to President Morton Schapiro and University Police Department Chief of Police Bruce Lewis to express "extreme shock and dismay at the...

A University Police vehicle. On separate occasions, investigators say a suspect attempted to use the dating app Tinder to potentially sexually assault two students.

Evanston man charged with sexual assault after posing as ride share driver

August 13, 2019

This post was updated Aug. 14 to reflect new information.  On Tuesday, Northwestern University Police were informed of a suspect who attempted to use the dating app Tinder to coerce two NU students...

A University Police vehicle. On separate occasions, investigators say a suspect attempted to use the dating app Tinder to potentially sexually assault two students.

University Police respond to report of sexual assault by man asking for petition signatures

June 30, 2019

Police responded to a report of a sexual assault on Simpson Street in Evanston Saturday night, University Police Chief Bruce Lewis wrote in an email to the Northwestern community.  The survivor of...

One person was wounded in a shooting on Northwestern’s Chicago campus early Saturday morning.

One injured in shooting on Northwestern’s Chicago campus

June 1, 2019

At least one person was wounded in a shooting on Northwestern's Chicago campus early Saturday morning. A suspect in a silver vehicle shot into a crowd in the 300 block of Chicago Avenue near NU's Levy...

A security camera atop an emergency Blue Light on the Evanston campus. The University uses a number of cameras to surveil the campus, both indoors and out.

What we know — and don’t know — about campus surveillance

May 14, 2019

When walking around Northwestern’s campus, students can expect to be watched, and not just by their classmates. The University uses an unknown number of closed-circuit television cameras and other...

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