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The Daily Northwestern

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

A person walks on a sidewalk toward a large, windowed building.

ASG petition aims to save birds from campus window collisions

November 15, 2022

All-glass buildings may be a contemporary architect’s dream, but for migratory birds, they’re an invisible threat.  Associated Student Government’s Sustainability Committee hopes to address that...

A bird sanctuary sign on a fence in front of a green area.

City Council passes bird-friendly building ordinance

September 27, 2022

New Evanston developments will be required to follow bird-safe standards in an effort to reduce bird collision deaths after City Council unanimously approved a safety ordinance designed in partnership...

Kellogg Global Hub. Northwestern is taking steps to prevent the large number of bird deaths from collisions with highly reflective windows.

Northwestern takes steps to make campus buildings more bird-friendly after monitors raise concerns

April 5, 2018

After Evanston bird monitors found dozens of dead or injured birds at the foot of the Kellogg School of Management Global Hub last May, Northwestern began taking steps to make campus buildings more bird-friendly. NU...

Paul D’Agostino

Evanston environmental services bureau chief honored with award from Chicago Audubon Society

April 10, 2017

Paul D’Agostino didn’t realize he was up for the Chicago Audubon Society’s Protector of the Environment award until he received an email saying he won it. D’Agostino, who has served as Evanston’s...

Ryan Kettelkamp, a landscape architect, shows Evanston residents the bird habitat areas affected by Northwestern’s construction.The city has plans to start rehabilitating the areas by next fall.

Evanston residents propose ideas to restore bird habitat harmed by Northwestern construction

April 9, 2015

Evanston officials and community members discussed Wednesday ways to restore bird habitats damaged by Northwestern's visitor center construction. “We lost a habitat area that was facilitating migratory...

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