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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


NU Declassified: From game plan to grant: Student entrepreneurs hope to win ImproveNU

NU Declassified: From game plan to grant: Student entrepreneurs hope to win ImproveNU

February 28, 2020

DAN HU: Welcome to NU Declassified, a look into how Wildcats thrive and survive on Northwestern’s campus. I’m Dan Hu. Even though Northwestern doesn’t have an undergraduate business major, there...

Northwestern invests $14 million toward fostering innovation, business culture

April 14, 2016

Northwestern has invested $14 million in creating its first-ever entrepreneurship funds to support University-based student and faculty ventures, further incentivizing the growth of NU’s business community. The...

Students protest Northwestern’s investments in the coal industry in 2014. Members of Fossil Free Northwestern, the group pushing for divestment from coal, oil and gas companies, have been fighting against the University’s investment in the fossil fuel industry for years.

Fossil Free NU plans sit-in after Board of Trustees refuses to meet at March conference

February 16, 2016

The full Northwestern Board of Trustees will not meet with Fossil Free NU — a group seeking coal divestment — at the board’s March conference, Chief Investment Officer Will McLean said. Community...

Northwestern’s Chief Investment Officer William McLean discusses NU’s endowment and investments at the Roberta Buffett Center on Monday night. McLean addressed the investment committee’s response to recent divestment movements and the potential formation of a committee to examine the social implications of NU’s investments.

Northwestern considers creating a socially responsible investment committee

April 14, 2015

Northwestern may create a committee that would weigh the social implications of its investments to address issues brought up by Northwestern Divest, Fossil Free NU and other movements, the University’s...

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