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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


Members of The Second City perform Wednesday night at Alianza and SHPE'S 14th Annual Comedy Beatdown. The show also featured comedian Mark Viera.

Second City, Mark Viera steal the spotlight at 14th Annual Comedy Beatdown

March 6, 2013

Comedians took the stage on campus Wednesday night at an event sponsored in honor of a late Northwestern student. The 14th annual Comedy Breakdown, sponsored by Alianza and the Society of Hispanic Professional...

NU-Q hires new leadership as part of larger school restructuring

January 29, 2013

Continuing a campus-wide restructuring initiative, Northwestern University in Qatar has hired two new deans to run the newly-created academic affairs and research departments and two program directors...

Students Anna Miles, Ashley Albert, and Juliana Sarah Del Prete perform as part of the Women’s Theater Ensemble. The group addresses women’s issues through its theater performances.

Theatre students form board to address women’s issues within community

January 8, 2013

There is a joke in the Northwestern theater community: “If you’re a guy, you coast,” Communication sophomore Ali Shields said. Shields is the president of the Women’s Theatre Ensemble, a new...

Los Angeles-based startup finds breakthrough in battery power with Northwestern research

November 15, 2012

Using a Northwestern professor’s research, a startup company based in Los Angeles broke records in laboratory tests of battery performance, it announced in late October. Prof. Harold Kung is the...

Jon Lefkovitz on the set of “Engagement.” Lefkovitz is the film’s writer, director, editor and scorer.

Community ‘Engagement’: Northwestern alumnus Jon Lefkovitz makes second feature film

November 7, 2012

When Jon Lefkovitz (Communication ‘05) made his first feature film, he was a senior working on “Movie Boy,” a largely autobiographical story about a young man who wants so badly to become a filmmaker...

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