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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


D65 students were scheduled to resume in-person instruction on Sept. 29 but will now do so on Nov. 16 at the earliest.

D65 and D202 communities confront the barriers to online learning

April 10, 2020

As a parent to a Chute Middle School eighth grader with disabilities, Angela Cummings is grateful for the administrators and teachers working around the clock to make online working efficient, but said...

Monique Jones. The Evanston Community Foundation president and CEO announced her resignation Wednesday.

Donors will match up to $1 million for Evanston Community Rapid Response Fund

April 9, 2020

For a limited period, every new dollar contributed to the Evanston Community Rapid Response Fund will double, the Evanston Community Foundation announced Monday. Evanston residents Mary and Paul Finnegan,...

A yard sign from Connections for the Homeless that shows a person holding a baby and reads “LOVE DON’T PAY THE RENT.” There is a large pale building in the background.

“This virus isn’t going to go away” — Evanston organizations rush to assist the city’s vulnerable homeless population

March 30, 2020

As Illinois residents shelter in place and businesses close their doors, the city’s homeless population is left particularly vulnerable to the threat of COVID-19. In response, some Evanston organizations...

Students during Dance Marathon 2019.

University cancels Dance Marathon 2020 following “uncertainty surrounding COVID-19”

March 4, 2020

COVID-19 News As universities across the country re-evaluate plans for spring break and large events, University President Morton Schapiro said in a Wednesday email that Dance Marathon 2020 will be...

Evanston residents with the group Dear Evanston taking a picture before crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Residents joined Dear Evanston on an "uncomfortable journey" to Montgomery, Alabama.

Dear Evanston organizes trip to engage with the history of slavery

September 29, 2019

Nearly 100 Evanston residents boarded busses to take “An Uncomfortable Journey” to Montgomery, Alabama in order to learn about and confront the history of racial injustice in the United States. During...

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