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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 University of Chicago’s campus.

Northwestern, UChicago alumni talk careers in politics and activism

June 4, 2023

U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)(NU McCormick ’83, Kellogg ’88) worked as a business management consultant before running for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012. He now represents Illinois’...

Woman speaking in front of microphones, standing in front of a sign that says “Legal abortion nationwide now.”

Federal judge halts FDA approval of abortion pill, Chicago abortion group rallies

April 9, 2023

A Texas federal judge issued a decision Friday to suspend the Food and Drug Association’s more than 20-year-old approval of mifepristone — one of two drugs used together for medication abortion during...

Duda: Illinois politicians are choosing megacorporations over our ecosystem

Duda: Illinois politicians are choosing megacorporations over our ecosystem

April 3, 2023

  On March 9, bulldozers destroyed Bell Bowl Prairie. A high-quality remnant prairie in Rockford, Illinois, Bell Bowl contained one of the most undisturbed natural plant communities in the...

Morton Schapiro wearing a purple button-up and purple tie with a Northwestern jacket.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and former University President Morton Schapiro among those to receive honorary degrees from NU in June

April 2, 2023

Northwestern will award five individuals — including Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and former University President Morton Schapiro — with honorary degrees, the University announced in a news release...

A person in a suit in tie smiling while stadium behind a podium with a microphone.

Pritzker to give 2023 commencement address, receive Honorary Doctor of Laws

March 15, 2023

Gov. J.B. Pritzker (Pritzker ’93) will be this year’s commencement speaker, the University announced in a news release Wednesday. He will address Northwestern’s Class of 2023 on June 12 at Ryan Field. “We’re...

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