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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


House by Northwestern is NU’s first entry to the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The team placed sixth Sunday after two years of preparation.

Northwestern’s solar-powered smart home places 6th in international competition

October 15, 2017

After two years of planning and building, Northwestern’s solar decathlon team earned sixth place in an international smart home competition Sunday. The 2017 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon...

Evanston Township High School students have started to construct a two-story house in the school’s parking lot. The project is part of a class in which students learn geometry through hands-on experience and build affordable housing for a family with low income.

ETHS construction class hopes to build on last year’s results

October 19, 2014

Evanston Township High School is offering a class for a second year in which students work to build an affordable house for a low-income family. The course, called Geometry in Construction, teaches...

Students, community members build house for ETHS geometry class

February 23, 2014

About 80 Evanston Township High School students and volunteers donned hard hats and safety glasses Saturday at a community build day for ETHS’s Geometry in Construction class. The class, co-taught...

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