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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


All McCormick students must take the two-quarter Design Thinking and Communication sequence.

McCormick students say first-year DTC sequence lacks faculty support

February 20, 2025

McCormick freshman Alex Pereira felt stuck. She and three teammates had to build a camera stabilization for their Design Thinking and Communication class, but she said their professors did not give them...

Northwestern faculty developing courses for diversity requirement

November 19, 2014

More than 18 months after the University Diversity Council proposed the Social Inequalities and Diversities requirement, two of the six Northwestern undergraduate schools have implemented the requirement...

A sign outside the new reference room in University Library welcomes visitors to the redesigned space. Some of the reference materials were moved from the room to create more collaborative spaces for students.

University Library replaces Reference Room with new study lounge

September 26, 2013

After a summer renovation, University Library has replaced what was once the Reference Room with a modernized study lounge known as “1 South.” Located in the library's first floor, the area was designed...

"The Triumph," a prosthetic arm model, was designed by four McCormick students in their Design Thinking and Communication class. It is being considered for use at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

McCormick freshmen design prosthetic arms for amputee patients

January 9, 2013

After a quarter of brainstorming and designing, a group of McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science students has created a temporary prosthetic arm that is being considered for use by a Chicago...

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