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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


Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) remembered Northwestern Law Prof. Dawn Clark Netsch on Saturday as "the smartest person in the room." Netsch passed away last month after battling with ALS.

Northwestern Law Prof. Dawn Clark Netsch remembered for ‘absolute, unshakeable integrity’

April 13, 2013

CHICAGO — Illinois' luminaries on Saturday remembered Northwestern Law Prof. Dawn Clark Netsch (Weinberg '48, Law '52) as a brilliant pioneer who broke almost every glass ceiling in state politics. "She...

University research to be affected by sequester, but degree of impact uncertain

University research to be affected by sequester, but degree of impact uncertain

March 4, 2013

The impact of the sequestration on Northwestern’s financial status is currently no more than a guessing game for University officials. “The buzzword of the day is uncertainty,” Jay Walsh, the...

Tisdahl expresses support for newly introduced assault weapons ban

January 24, 2013

Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl expressed support today for a U.S. senator’s legislation to ban assault weapons. The Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, introduced Thursday by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.),...

State Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg is leaving office after deciding not to run for re-election in November 2011. Current State Rep. Daniel Biss (D-17th) easily won Schoenberg's seat in this past November's election.

State Senator Schoenberg leaves office to pursue work in philanthropy

January 7, 2013

State Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg (D-9th) will now devote his time to philanthropy after a 22-year career in public office. State Rep. Daniel Biss (D-17th) won Schoenberg's seat with his endorsement...

Students enter Kellogg School of Management. Kellogg professors contributed to the establishment of Illinois’s first health insurance co-op under the federal health care law.

Kellogg students seek approval for first Illinois health insurance co-op

October 23, 2012

A group of Kellogg School of Management students and a University of Chicago professor will travel to Washington, D.C., next week to present their proposal for the first health insurance co-op in Illinois...

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