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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


Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Georgetown’s Board of Directors voted this month to fully divest its endowment from fossil fuels after years of action from Fossil Free Georgetown.

Fossil Free Georgetown’s success underscores strength of national divestment movement

February 19, 2020

On Feb. 6, Georgetown University’s president announced the school’s Board of Directors had voted to stop investing endowment funds into fossil fuel firms and withdraw existing holdings from those companies. In...

Manuel and Elizabeth Henriquez. The Northwestern parents pled guilty Monday to charges related to the college admissions scandal.

Former Northwestern parents plead guilty to charges in college admissions scheme

October 21, 2019

Two former Northwestern parents involved in the college admissions scheme pled guilty Monday afternoon to charges of fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. After...

Documents show how parents helped their child cheat to get into Northwestern

April 3, 2019

ederal officials were investigating a securities fraud case when Morrie Tobin, a financial executive, alerted officials that a coach at Yale University had accepted a bribe to get his daughter admitted...

William "Rick" Singer leaves Boston Federal Court after being charged with racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and obstruction of justice on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 in Boston, Mass. Singer is among several charged in an alleged college admissions scam.

Parents of Northwestern student implicated in high-profile college admissions cheating scandal

March 13, 2019

The parents of a Northwestern student were charged earlier this week in a $25 million cheating and bribing scheme that facilitated college admissions for wealthy students. Manuel and Elizabeth Henriquez,...

Daviree Velázquez Phillip. Phillip, who assumed her position as the new director for Multicultural Student Affairs Monday, plans to support marginalized students at NU.

New MSA director begins tenure, voices plans to support marginalized students

February 12, 2018

As a self-identified student activist in college, Daviree Velázquez Phillip said she often criticized her undergraduate school for the lack of mentorship and services provided to first-generation students...

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