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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


In an internal National Institutes of Health email, a senior official said the NIH was instructed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services not to inform universities “whether or why the funds are frozen.”

U.S. Health Department instructs staff to pause NIH awards to elite universities, according to internal agency email

April 22, 2025

Officials in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have instructed the National Institutes of Health staff to pause all agency awards to universities whose funding the Trump administration froze,...

A University spokesperson confirmed to The Daily that the meeting had been scheduled for some time, and that the University is “eager to share the progress Northwestern has made on many areas over the past year with Secretary McMahon.”

President Schill to meet with Education Sec. Linda McMahon amid Northwestern’s federal funding freeze

April 11, 2025

University President Michael Schill is in Washington D.C. for a meeting today with U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon amid the Trump administration’s Tuesday freeze on $790 million in federal...

Magnifying glass inspecting NU

The Daily Explains: Where Northwestern stands in federal antisemitism investigations

April 11, 2025

The Trump administration has ushered in an era of upheaval in higher education, and Northwestern is one of several universities undergoing several federal investigations.  These federal investigations...

The Trump administration froze $790 million in NU federal funding, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Wednesday morning to The Daily.

Faculty express disappointment, uncertainty as Trump administration freezes federal funds

April 10, 2025

When History Department Chair and Prof. Kevin Boyle’s daughter texted, “I’m sorry to hear what happened” Tuesday night, he was immediately concerned. The Trump administration froze $790 million...

Undergraduate students at Northwestern University pay some of the highest tuition prices in the nation.

HHS cites incidents of antisemitism in confirmation of Northwestern funding freeze while experts question legality

April 10, 2025

After reports first surfaced Tuesday that the Trump administration had frozen $790 million in federal funding from Northwestern, even the University’s top officials said they’d been left in the dark...

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