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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


Two students hold signs with priority numbers on them.

‘Everything that could have gone wrong’: Housing selection process leaves NU students scrambling

May 6, 2024

When Weinberg freshman Savannah Hsu enrolled at Northwestern, she never imagined being sick for the first five months. She never imagined that an ear, nose, throat specialist would discover enlarged adenoids...

The Donald P. Jacobs Center, 2001 Sheridan Rd. As Northwestern ended Fiscal Year 2019 in surplus, NU plans to refocus on renovating vacant buildings on campus like the Jacobs Center.

University to re-focus on remodeling vacant spaces, not breaking ground on new buildings

January 13, 2020

Northwestern’s budget deficit in Fiscal Year 2018 froze construction on residence halls in the 10-year Housing Master Plan and delayed renovations of other campus spaces. Senior vice president for business...

Hobart House. Hobart’s residents said they hope the University will preserve the non-Greek, all-women housing, after the Housing Master Plan recommended the removal of all residential colleges.

Hobart House residents react to unclear future of all-women residential spaces

February 10, 2019

Although she didn’t list Hobart House on her initial housing preference form, Medill first-year Tracy Zhang said after she moved in, the residential college’s “cozy” atmosphere gave her a feeling...

1835 Hinman. While the Hinman dining hall reopened this fall, the residential part of the building is still empty.

With Hinman’s closing, residential services left without substance-free space

November 29, 2018

This year, no students on Northwestern’s campus requested to live in substance-free special interest housing groups. These special interest groups have been available to students for more than 10...

Willard Residential College. This Winter Quarter, undergraduate students will return to campus housing.

NU releases housing task force report, opens new residence halls

August 23, 2018

Neighborhoods In January, the Undergraduate Residential Experience Committee released a report outlining a new neighborhood plan for all on-campus residences. The committee, made up of NU students,...

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