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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


Through a mentorship program, undergraduate students are paired up with middle school student mentees.

The Cities Project mentors youth from Chicago’s low income neighborhoods

November 6, 2024

The Cities Project, a nonprofit collaboration between Chicago universities and Chicago Public Schools, combines research on stress levels in youth with programs that aim to find the root issue of trauma....

The Evanston campus Women’s Center is one of seven drop-off locations for the clothing drive.

Student athletes organize clothing drive to support unhoused people, migrant children

January 29, 2024

In the fall, two Northwestern student athletes separately proposed projects aiming to collect clothing for both migrant children at Chicago Public Schools and Evanston’s unhoused population.  Their...

The exterior of a building with “Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Joseph E. Hill Education Center” in lettering on the side

Angel Turner named District 65 Interim Superintendent

June 11, 2023

The Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board appointed Angel Turner as interim superintendent in a special meeting on June 5.  Her tenure will begin July 1. Turner, the current assistant superintendent,...

A cartoon hand is shown with different colors from the human skin spectrum and the words "Affirmative Action" written in red letters.

Legal experts say upcoming Supreme Court decisions could threaten diversity in universities

May 22, 2023

Prior to 1966, an average of five Black students per year enrolled at Northwestern. That year, NU’s race-based recruitment infrastructure changed with the inception of two new programs: the NU Chicago...

Elder chef Cedric Taylor opens his kosher station for students.

Northwestern chef Cedric Taylor serves food for the body and mind

May 8, 2023

Cedric Taylor believes cooking and teaching have a lot in common.  “No two chefs cook a recipe the same,” Taylor said. “No two students learn the same way, either.”  The 51-year-old Chicago...

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