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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


Four people sit on a stage clapping with “President’s Alumni Panel: My Northwestern Direction” projected on a screen behind them.

University President Michael Schill makes impression on students during Wildcat Welcome programming

October 16, 2022

Northwestern’s Wildcat Welcome programming guides freshmen and transfer students through their first week in a new environment. Learning the ins and outs of campus and preparing for a new academic year...

Three Northwestern graduates pose for the camera in purple caps and gowns.

Medill announces sports journalist Mike Greenberg as 2022 convocation speaker

April 11, 2022

Sports journalist Mike Greenberg (Medill ’89) will deliver Medill’s convocation address to the class of 2022, the school announced Monday.  Greenberg began hosting ESPN and ABC’s “NBA Countdown”...

2020 graduates at their in-person ceremony wearing purple gowns, throwing their caps into the air.

Jeanne Sparrow named speaker for Weinberg’s 2022 convocation ceremony

March 30, 2022

Television host and radio personality Jeanne Sparrow (Weinberg ’91, Communication ’15) will deliver the convocation speech for Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences’ 2022 ceremony, she announced...

University President Morton Schapiro speaks at an event. Schapiro said while he has been called “king of the snowflakes,” he defends safe spaces on campus.

Safe space critics ‘have no understanding of this generation,’ Schapiro tells new students

September 19, 2017

University President Morton Schapiro blasted Fox News and stressed the importance of safe spaces in a speech to new students Monday. Schapiro said during his convocation address that he is frequently...

Morton Schapiro speaks at an event. On Tuesday, Schapiro told The Daily that the nature of the comments he made about critics of microaggressions and trigger warnings earlier this year was a mistake.

Schapiro walks back use of ‘idiots’ in convocation speech

October 11, 2016

University President Morton Schapiro said the nature of his comments criticizing opponents of trigger warnings and microaggressions during his convocation speech in September were a mistake. In the...

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