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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


NASA Space Apps participants meet outside the Hackathon venue for a group picture. Among the 60 participants were Chicago-area high school students, members of sponsoring organizations, and undergraduate students from various Illinois and Wisconsin universities.

CIERA hosts Chicago chapter of NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2023

October 8, 2023

Northwestern’s Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics hosted the Chicago chapter of the NASA International Space Apps Challenge in Evanston over the weekend.  The two-day...

A gray background with the Microsoft, Google and Amazon logos. Beneath are hands holding a box with office items inside.

Northwestern computer science students express worry, bleak optimism following mass technology layoffs

February 16, 2023

Recent layoffs seen in the technology industry have some Northwestern students — particularly Weinberg and McCormick seniors — worried as they prepare to enter the workforce.  “There’s a bit...

Three columns labeled "Electives," "Lit + Fine Arts" and "Social and behavioral sciences" with green and red boxes.

The Best of Distros: 12 classes you should consider to fulfill your degree requirements

August 12, 2022

Still trying to figure out what to take in the fall, or perhaps an easy way to breeze through distribution requirements? Or maybe you’re trying to plan out all of your undergraduate courses until you...

The Emergency Resource Exchange connects manufacturers and organizations with idle supplies to healthcare providers in need of help.

Rheaply, Northwestern lab launch medical supply exchange to fight shortage crisis

April 10, 2020

Early this week, Chicago startup Rheaply and the McCormick School of Engineering collaboratively launched an online marketplace to help healthcare providers get necessary supplies to face the COVID-19...

Technological Institute. Following “explosive growth,” the EECS department will split to make administrative processes more efficient.

After ‘explosive growth,’ EECS to split into two departments

October 15, 2018

The electrical engineering and computer science department has started the process of splitting into two individual departments. The split — into one electrical and computer engineering department...

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