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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

An illustration of an arm being injected by a COVID-19 vaccine.

CDPH talks COVID-19 falling vaccination rates in light of expanded eligibility, relaxed guidelines

May 17, 2021

As COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expands to 12- to 15-year olds and vaccination rates fall, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Allison Arwady discussed Chicago’s obstacles and initiatives...

Northwestern’s Weber Arch stands with a blue sky in the background. Shadows of tall trees and branches frame the arch from left and right.

NU to require vaccine for students starting fall 2021

May 12, 2021

Northwestern will require students to be fully vaccinated for the 2021-22 academic year. Faculty, staff and visitors will not be required to get the vaccine, Provost Kathleen Hagerty announced in a Wednesday...

An illustration of a person’s arm being vaccinated behind a blue background. The person being vaccinated wears a white t-shirt with their sleeve rolled up as a long needle punctures their arm. There are three hands wearing blue gloves holding a vial of the vaccine, touching the person’s arm and administering the vaccine.

Students discuss uncertainty about vaccination requirements for Fall Quarter

April 27, 2021

Northwestern has yet to officially announce if students will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campus in the fall, and some students are questioning why.   At an April...

The University of Chicago’s campus.

Back in the classroom — or not: Breaking down Chicago universities’ approaches for the fall

September 9, 2020

Nine days before students were scheduled to move into dorms, Northwestern announced it would require all freshmen and sophomores to go completely virtual in the fall — a short-notice change from the...

The Loop. Protestors painting the street at the intersection of State Street and Jackson Boulevard at 10 p.m. Saturday.

Solidarity Street: Students take Millennium Park, the Loop calling for an end to university-police contracts

August 3, 2020

This piece was co-written by staff at the Chicago Maroon and The Daily Northwestern, as the first in a reporting partnership focusing on activism around campus policing. Hundreds of mask-wearing college...

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