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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

Students gather outside the Black House during a demonstration last Fall. In a report released last week, a University-appointed committee outlined several recommendations to enhance the black student experience at Northwestern.

Black Student Experience task force members hope report will result in actual change

September 22, 2016

After almost a year of research and data collection, members of the Black Student Experience task force hope their report, released Friday, will effect change in University systems with speed. The report,...

In Focus: Northwestern theater community tackles representation challenges

In Focus: Northwestern theater community tackles representation challenges

May 25, 2016

As a student playwright, Kori Alston has experienced firsthand the dearth of diversity in the Northwestern theater community. While casting his play, “The Alexander Litany,” which explores black masculinity,...

The Hollywood Reporter ranks Northwestern’s theater program as second best in country

May 25, 2016

Northwestern’s theater program was ranked the second best undergraduate drama school behind The Juilliard School by The Hollywood Reporter. NU finished ahead of both Carnegie Mellon University’s...

 “Whistling Vivaldi” author Claude Steele autographs books after his keynote speech. Steele, a social psychologist, spoke about stereotype threat and how it influences daily life.

One Book One Northwestern author speaks about stereotype threat

February 5, 2015

More than 200 students and community members gathered Wednesday at Harris Hall to listen to One Book One Northwestern author Claude Steele speak about the issue of identity and stereotype threat. Steele...

Associate theater Prof. Harvey Young and Jewish Studies Prof. Phyllis Lassner speak Wednesday evening at “Creative Expression as a Form of Remembrance: A Panel Discussion on Art and the Holocaust.” The panel, hosted by “The Lilliput Troupe, focused on forms of storytelling appropriate for depicting the Holocaust and why telling Holocaust stories continues to serve an important purpose.

Panel discusses honoring the Holocaust through theater

April 16, 2014

The team behind the upcoming performance of "The Lilliput Troupe" held a panel Wednesday discussing the role of theater and art in remembering the Holocaust. The panel, which was moderated by Lillian...

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