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The Daily Northwestern

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’s logo is displayed on a red background with other schools like Harvard, Yale, Georgetown and Stanford. On the other side, U.S. News and World Report’s logo is displayed on a blue logo, with a hand extending out of Northwestern’s logo dropping a medal on the floor.

Faculty discuss Pritzker School of Law opting out from U.S. News rankings

January 19, 2023

Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law announced in November it would no longer participate in the U.S. News and World Report Rankings.  In 2022, the law school ranked 13th from 192 schools. NU cited...

Catharine MacKinnon. MacKinnon discussed her new book about gender inequality and sexual assault, at the Rebecca Crown Center on Thursday afternoon.

Feminist legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon speaks on ‘Butterfly Politics’ and gender inequality

April 25, 2019

Catharine MacKinnon discussed her latest book, “Butterfly Politics,” which deals with gender inequality and sexual assault, in Hardin Hall of the Rebecca Crown Center Thursday afternoon. The event...

Shaun King speaks at The State of the Black Union event on Thursday in Cahn Auditorium. King discussed police brutality and Donald Trump’s rise to power on the back of white supremacy.

Social justice writer Shaun King talks progress, police brutality in US

November 10, 2017

Social justice writer Shaun King said while some people think humanity is advancing, society still confronts many of the same racial challenges it faced decades ago. “It grieves my soul that the things...

Medill Prof. Peter Slevin discusses his biography of First Lady Michelle Obama in a Q&A with Medill Prof. Ava Thompson Greenwell. The biography, released April 7, is the first comprehensive account of Obama’s life.

Northwestern professor hosts reading, Q&A on book about Michelle Obama

April 21, 2015

Medill Prof. Peter Slevin held a reading and Q&A on his book about Michelle Obama, where he spoke about the First Lady’s journey to the White House and the lesser-known parts of her story. The...

United States Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan speaks at the Northwestern School of Law on Tuesday. During the talk, Kagan discussed the state of law schools and shared anecdotes about her experiences as a judge.

Justice Elena Kagan visits law school, discusses law school model

February 4, 2015

CHICAGO — Justice Elena Kagan spoke at the Northwestern School of Law on Tuesday about diversity in the court system and life as a justice. Kagan spoke to a packed Thorne Auditorium and School of...

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