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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


Engineering students grow plants and farm fish sustainably through AutoAquaponics

May 29, 2023

AutoAquaponics, a student-led engineering project, combines sustainable agricultural practices like aquaponics with automated processes. Run by Engineers for a Sustainable World, the farming system uses...

Fine: Weed out weed-out classes

February 23, 2021

As an engineering student, I’ve endured my fair share of weed-out classes, courses meant to separate those who will continue in STEM fields from those who won’t. Typically characterized by difficult...

Fine: Redesigning DTC

Fine: Redesigning DTC

October 27, 2020

Design Thinking and Communication, also known as DTC, is the dreaded two-quarter course sequence that McCormick students must take during their freshman year. On paper, DTC seems like a fantastic and innovative...

Fine: Rhetoric and the inclusion of women in STEM

Fine: Rhetoric and the inclusion of women in STEM

September 29, 2020

In 1947, American metallurgist Ernest Kirkendall controversially published his third and final paper accompanied by pages of discussion written by preeminent scientists doubting his results. Kirkendall’s...

Fine: Science is creative and should be taught accordingly

Fine: Science is creative and should be taught accordingly

January 30, 2020

Science and engineering are inherently creative and explorative fields. For every question that a scientist answers, they find themselves with thousands more, ushering in further innovations and discoveries....

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