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The Daily Northwestern

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


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With Chapel Choir discontinued, students reflect on its six-decade legacy

August 31, 2025

For more than 60 years, the Alice Millar Chapel Choir has been a place for students — from classical singers to chemical engineers — to come together and make music. But on Aug. 14, the University...

MindfulNU bases its curriculum off of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, which teaches students to embrace present thoughts and feelings.

MindfulNU taps meditation and mindfulness with winter cohort

January 14, 2024

Moments of serenity. Students sit cross-legged, breathing in and out, reflecting on the twists and turns of college life. MindfulNU offers spaces like that for Northwestern students. The evidence-based...

Two dogs on leashes in the middle of an aisle in a church with a large stained-glass window in the background.

Pet blessing brings unique spiritual experience to campus

October 3, 2022

Northwestern students and Evanston residents gathered in Alice Millar Chapel on Sunday morning for an unusual service. It began similarly to a mass, with a choir singing hymns and lectors reading scripture,...

Alice Millar Chapel on campus.

The 40 Days of Spiritual Wellbeing creates a space for renewal

February 21, 2022

As part of the 40 Days of Spiritual Wellbeing, the Broadway soundtrack of “The Color Purple” plays softly in Parkes Hall. Guided by writing prompts, students filled their notebooks with their life...

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Religious and Spiritual Life offers hybrid programming for Spiritual Ecology Month

May 5, 2021

The Religious and Spiritual Life department is celebrating Spiritual Ecology Month to promote a more reciprocal relationship with the Earth.  The department is dedicating May to hybrid programming...

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