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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Weinberg junior Peter Puleo. In Earth and Planetary Sciences Prof. Yarrow Axford’s lab, Puleo has worked with lake sediment cores, which are tubes of mud with visible bands of different colors and minerals.

NU professors, students working to create historical climate map of Midwest

May 31, 2018

Picture the dirt at the bottom of a lake: It may seem slimy, squishy and unappealing. But for Earth and Planetary Sciences Prof. Yarrow Axford’s research team, that sediment is key to understanding...

Craig Bina, a professor of geological sciences, will serve as the interim dean of The Graduate School from October until the end of June.

Northwestern Graduate School names interim dean

July 24, 2015

Craig Bina will act as dean of The Graduate School and associate provost for graduate education during current dean Dwight McBride’s absence starting in October and lasting until the end of June. Bina,...

Members of the Weinberg dean search committee take questions from the audience during a forum held at the Block Museum on Tuesday evening. The committee members spoke on a variety of topics, including how to foster a sense of community among Weinberg students.

Students complain at open forum about lack of voice in dean search

October 8, 2014

Students voiced concern Tuesday night about their low level of representation on the search committee for the new dean of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. The students made their comments...

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