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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


A photo of Luke Figora in a black suit with a purple tie against a purple background with varying circular shapes.

Luke Figora announced inaugural vice president for operations

March 28, 2021

Luke Figora, Northwestern’s chief risk and compliance officer and senior associate vice president, will serve as the inaugural vice president for operations beginning April 1, according to a Friday news...

Graduating students during 2019 commencement. The University announced in addition to a remote commencement ceremony, the Class of 2021 would have the option for an in-person procession.

University plans for in-person processions over Graduation Weekend

March 16, 2021

Northwestern hopes to hold in-person processions in tandem with a virtual commencement over the course of Graduation Weekend, according to a Tuesday email sent to Class of 2021 graduating students. While...

The photo shows Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Joseph E. Hill Education Center, a red-brick building with large, plated glass windows. Beneath one set of windows are a set of raised steel letters with the building name. A short green hedge borders the building, in front of a sidewalk.

Discussing potential budget cuts, D65 school board members consider earlier middle school start times

March 10, 2021

In an effort to narrow the district’s budget deficit, the Finance Committee of the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 school board discussed changing school start times, laying off staff members and...

The Feinberg School of Medicine. Researchers at the school recently discovered Illinois’ first case of the P.1 COVID-19 variant.

Feinberg researchers find COVID-19 strain from Brazil in Chicago

March 10, 2021

Illinois’ first known case of the COVID-19 variant first detected in travelers from Brazil was found last week by researchers at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Feinberg’s Pathogen...

The Bienen School of music building at Northwestern a multiple-story, glass building by the lake surrounded by a lawn. Photographed on a sunny day.

Bienen finds new ways to celebrate student performers’ winter recitals

March 9, 2021

Though the pandemic has prevented Bienen students from performing in-person recitals, the show must go on. In addition to being a degree requirement for Bienen students in performance majors, recitals...

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