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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

Three shoppers browse two rows of plants set up on tables in the parking lot in front of the District 65 warehouse on a cloudy day.

District 65’s native plant sale supports ecosystem, local schools

May 14, 2023

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Parent Teacher Association Equity Project held its second annual Native Plant Sale on Saturday. Over the course of three hours, people flowed into the district’s...

A man talks in front of a group of people sitting at tables.

Residents discuss racial injustice in Evanston schools at community talk back

May 11, 2023

Local nonprofit STEM School Evanston hosted a community talk back at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center on Wednesday to discuss the findings of a research study funded by Northwestern regarding racial...

Four people holding shovels and other gardening tools plants a sapling.

Natural Habitat Evanston plants saplings for a greener, more biodiverse city

May 5, 2023

Using a shovel’s blade to measure, Piper Rothschild mapped out the size of a round hole for a sapling. The hole needs to be twice as wide as the sapling’s root, she instructed the community volunteers...

Green compost bin in front of a tree.

District 65 moves forward with sustainability initiatives, implements lunchroom composting programs in all schools

April 27, 2023

In early 2023, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 set a We Compost program record for most number of schools within a district participating in food scrap composting, according to the Illinois Food Scrap...

The Mather building with a brick facade and a glass gate.

Mather’s eMerge introduces students to hospitality and healthcare careers, connects generations

April 26, 2023

Evanston resident Barbara Hiller moved into The Mather, an Evanston senior living residency, four years ago. A retired math teacher and former Evanston/Skokie School District 65 administrator, Hiller began...

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