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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


 Rebecca Crown Center. Northwestern plans to cut more workers through a buyout program after experiencing budget shortfalls due to COVID-19 revenue losses.

Northwestern plans to cut up to 200 more employees through buyout program

June 23, 2020

Northwestern plans to cut 150 to 200 employees through a buyout program as a result of financial shortfalls caused by the coronavirus pandemic. These cuts come after the University furloughed 250 staff...

Rebecca Crown Center. In an email to community members, University President Morton Schapiro detailed the financial challenges the coronavirus has brought on the University.

Schapiro: University funding hampered by COVID-19

April 16, 2020

Northwestern University has lost many sources of revenue due to the coronavirus outbreak, University President Morton Schapiro said Thursday in a community letter, but will continue to provide aid to students...

Mayor Steve Hagerty and interim city manager Erika Storlie. The city made cuts to its budget in hopes of reducing the long-term financial impact of COVID-19 on Evanston.

No layoffs or service reductions for Fiscal Years 2020-2021 budget

October 5, 2019

City staff is recommending organizational readjustments and minimal tax and fee increases in the proposed balanced budget — with a $50,000 proposed surplus — for next year, the first part of a two-year...

President Morton Schapiro gave his annual address to the University in the second installment of ‘Conversations with the President.’

Schapiro addresses NU rankings, budget deficit in ‘Conversations with the President’

April 11, 2019

University President Morton Schapiro discussed topics ranging from his goal to equalize the undergraduate student experience to NU’s “groundbreaking” research projects in the second installment of...

Thuillier: The government shutdown was a useless self-inflicted wound

Thuillier: The government shutdown was a useless self-inflicted wound

January 28, 2019

On Friday, the government shutdown came to an end after 35 days. Over 800,000 government workers get to be paid for their work again. It has been a long and tedious road to get to a point where our president...

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