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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


Eig won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his sixth book, “King: A Life.”

Pulitzer Prize winner, Medill alum Jonathan Eig seeks to tell ‘ambitious’ stories through biography

May 22, 2024

When Jonathan Eig (Medill ’86) was a student at Northwestern, he was thrilled at the chance to become a newspaper reporter after graduating. He never expected to one day win a Pulitzer Prize. Eig,...

A photo of Lucy’s Cafe, a restaurant with white brick and a black awning, located on Roscoe Street.

Evanston original Lucy’s Cafe becomes Roscoe Village’s only vegetarian brunch spot

February 9, 2022

When Chicago resident Pradhan Balter (McCormick ’72) opened his first restaurant in downtown Evanston back in 1982, he said it was the first vegetarian establishment ever reviewed by Chicago magazine.  Now...

NU Alum Christina Chaey is slicing and dicing her way into Bon Appétit’s “Test Kitchen” videos

NU Alum Christina Chaey is slicing and dicing her way into Bon Appétit’s “Test Kitchen” videos

February 12, 2020

The Monthly Christina Chaey (Medill ‘11) said she was probably looking for a snack when she made her first cameo in Bon Appétit’s massively popular YouTube channel “Test Kitchen.” The Bon...

The Chicago skyline. 14 candidates will face off on Feb. 26 to replace Rahm Emanuel as mayor of Chicago.

Candidates face a crowded field in the Chicago mayoral Election

February 8, 2019

On Feb. 26, Chicago residents will cast their vote for one of 14 candidates seeking to replace Rahm Emanuel as mayor of Chicago. Emanuel announced he would not run for reelection in September 2018,...

Go the distance: Food stops worth the walk

April 23, 2014

Last quarter, my roommate and I had the inspired idea that we would sign up to do a half-marathon this May. We had grand visions of our newly athletic selves jogging happily through the streets of Chicago while...

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