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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


English Prof. Chris Abani has received a United States Artists Ford Fellowship, which includes an unrestricted $50,000 grant. Abani, who has been publishing his writing since he was 10, said he wants to bridge the gap between academics and writers.

Writer, English Prof Chris Abani receives national arts fellowship

November 9, 2014

English Prof. Chris Abani has always been a writer. “I published my first short story at 10 and my first novel at 16, so I kind of have always done it my whole life," he said. "There’s never really...

Wendy Kopp, the founder of Teach for America, will speak at Leverone Hall on April 17 as part of the Contemporary Thought Speaker Series.

Series to bring Teach for America founder, other speakers to Northwestern

April 9, 2013

The Contemporary Thought Speaker Series announced today it will feature the founder of Teach for America, the director of engineering at Google and an acclaimed author and journalist this spring at...

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