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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

The 10 emerging artists and their mentors workshops their projects in preparation for their visit to Northwestern. NU kicked off a two-year arts development project in Puerto Rico last August following a pair of devastating hurricanes that hit the island

Through passion and pain, artists rebuild the entertainment scene in Puerto Rico with the aid of Northwestern funding

January 23, 2019

In times of crisis, relief efforts tend to be allocated to the affected people’s most urgent needs, like food, water and housing. But often, the things that get tossed aside — like arts and culture...

Wind and rainfall hit the east coast Thursday ahead of Hurricane Florence. Residential services offered some students from impacted areas an early move-in at no extra cost.

Residential services offers early move-in for some students ahead of Hurricane Florence

September 13, 2018

Northwestern residential services is offering some students an early move-in ahead of a catastrophic storm expected to bring hurricane-force winds, power outages and torrential rainfall. More than...

A jet takes off in downtown San Juan, Puerto Rico on Oct. 2 in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Northwestern is spearheading a project to jumpstart arts activity in Puerto Rico following the natural disaster.

One year after hurricanes, University spearheads arts development project in Puerto Rico

August 7, 2018

Northwestern is leading a two-year arts development project in Puerto Rico funded by a $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a University news release said. The Puerto Rican Arts Development...

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,...

Second-year graduate student Zorimar Rivera Montes shows students samples of government-provided food from Puerto Rico. Rivera Montes co-led a teach-in Tuesday focusing on the history of Puerto Rico and the effects of Hurricane Maria.

Faculty, students criticize Trump’s response to hurricane in Puerto Rico

October 19, 2017

Director of the Latina and Latino Studies program Frances Aparicio and second-year graduate student Zorimar Rivera Montes discussed how colonialism affected the response to Hurricane Maria at an educational...

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