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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


Northwestern students begin Fall Quarter taking remote classes at home

Northwestern students begin Fall Quarter taking remote classes at home

September 17, 2020

When Northwestern announced just over a week before his anticipated move-in that he could not come to campus, Medill sophomore Elbert Xie scrambled to find an apartment in Evanston. NU students typically...

Northwestern dining workers. The vast majority of dining hall workers laid off at the beginning of the quarter are now being re-hired, per a press release.

Northwestern dining workers denied extension on health insurance, COVID-19 safety protections amid mass layoffs

September 6, 2020

Compass Group, Northwestern’s food service provider, had the opportunity to extend health and safety protections to its dining workers before the start of the academic year but chose not to. This month,...

To visit any dining hall on campus, students have to make reservations, which are spaced out in 15-minute intervals and have a cap of 40 to 50 students each.

Northwestern to close some dining halls this fall, Compass Group to lay off about 100 staff members

September 4, 2020

Northwestern plans to open fewer dining locations this fall because of last week’s decision to bring fewer students on campus than originally anticipated, according to a University spokesperson. The...

560 Lincoln and Kemper Hall. When students hurried home in March in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, many left most of their belongings behind in hopes that they would be back for Spring Quarter.

Residential Services to offer free storage for items left in dorms last spring, shipped to campus this fall

September 2, 2020

In a Wednesday evening email, Residential Services announced extensions to free storage and information on Fall Quarter housing after recent changes to on-campus housing. Prior to the planned arrival...

University President Morton Schapiro. When asked about police violence against student protesters, he said students also engaged in violent tactics.

Administrators host webinar to discuss changes to Fall Quarter plans with campus

September 1, 2020

University President Morton Schapiro and other administrators hosted a webinar Tuesday afternoon to explain the rationale behind the changes to Northwestern’s Fall Quarter plans. On Friday, the University...

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