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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


Wael Ghonim created a Facebook page that played a major role in organizing citizens during the Egyptian Revolution. “We are all Khaled Said” received 100,000 “likes” in three days.

Egyptian protester discusses social media’s role in revolution

April 14, 2015

Wael Ghonim doesn’t like to call himself an activist. However, the Facebook page he created to protest the Egyptian government and its leader Hosni Mubarak after a young Egyptian man was killed by...

Northwestern hosting 25 young African leaders as part of Obama initiative

July 15, 2014

Representatives from more than 20 African countries are at Northwestern for six weeks this summer as part of the Young African Leaders Initiative, a program created by the Obama administration that looks...

Entrepreneurs speak at the E@NU conference Friday. The annual event brought entrepreneurs from across the country to Evanston.

Northwestern hosts entrepreneurial conference featuring workshops and speakers

April 27, 2014

Northwestern hosted a conference Friday which focused on the up-and-coming in the entrepreneurial world and opportunities for college students. The event, called Entrepreneur@NU and themed "Next Frontiers,"...

Northwestern inventors create running-powered cell phone charger

April 10, 2014

Three Northwestern doctoral candidates recently invented a device with the ability to capture kinetic energy from movement in order to charge cell phones. Tejas Shastry, Alex Smith and Michael Geier,...

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