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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

Author Frances Aparicio reads excerpts from her book “Negotiating Latinidad: Intralatina/o Lives in Chicago” at a panel and discussion hosted by Latinx Studies.

Frances Aparicio, Northwestern student panelists discuss their experiences with multiple Latinx identities

February 26, 2020

Frances Aparicio, author of “Negotiating Latinidad: Intralatina/o Lives in Chicago,” spoke about her recently published book and engaged in a panel discussion with three intralatina/o Northwestern...

Hamstrung by a lack of departmental status, Northwestern’s ethnic studies programs have – until recently – been barred from hiring tenure-track faculty exclusive to their fields, leading to a turnover crisis.

Doing double: Ethnic studies programs — suffering funding and faculty dearth, high turnover rates, intense working conditions — demand structure reform

May 30, 2019
Hamstrung by a lack of departmental status, Northwestern’s ethnic studies programs have — until recently — been barred from hiring tenure-track faculty exclusive to their fields. The result has been massive turnover.
Javier Valentin Feliciano speaks about his survival story to a crowd in Kresge Hall. Feliciano, a Puerto Rican, lost his sister and witnessed the devastation of Puerto Rico during the hurricane.

Hurricane Maria survivors talk future of Puerto Rico

February 16, 2018

Hurricane Maria survivor Veronica Davila said when her house flooded during the hurricane, “the darkness (was) so deep, no one could tell how much water there was.” Davila and Javier Valentin Feliciano,...

Offices of Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies Programs at 1819 Hinman Avenue. Anthropology, AASP, LLSP faculty wrote individual department and program letters condemning Schapiros Monday email.

In fight for department status, LLSP, AASP students stress importance of ethnic studies

February 4, 2018

Justine Kim had lived as a racial minority her entire life — her hometown of Glenview, Illinois, is more than three-quarters white. Fearing that she wouldn’t be accepted, she did not often express...

Crowe Hall, home of the African American Studies department. Faculty and affiliates sent an email to President Schapiro following his condemnation of student protests on Monday afternoon.

MEChA, APAC members push for department status for ethnic studies

January 31, 2018

MEChA de Northwestern and the Asian Pacific American Coalition are leading a campaign for department status for two of the University’s largest ethnic studies programs. Working together as the Latinx...

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