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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 Creative Writing program on average accepts half of the applicants that apply to its year-long sequence programs, according to program director Juan Martinez.

NU Creative Writing program invites student wordsmiths

January 7, 2024

With pens in hand, students in the Northwestern undergraduate Creative Writing program cultivate imagination and pure expression. Founded in 1980, NU’s undergraduate Creative Writing program was one...

Edith Skom

Former Northwestern lecturer Edith Skom remembered for dedication, wit

February 19, 2016

Former writing lecturer Edith Skom engaged deeply with her students, often pushing them to their limits, those who knew her said. Skom, who worked at Northwestern from 1978 to 2012, died Feb. 3. She...

Mark Hersam

MacArthur ‘genius grant’ awarded to McCormick researcher

September 18, 2014

McCormick Prof. Mark Hersam has received a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” for his research in nanomaterials, the organization announced Wednesday. The prestigious five-year grant of $625,000...

Karen Russell (Weinberg ‘03) was named one of 24 winners of 2013 MacArthur Foundation Fellowships last week. Russell, a fiction writer, is an alumna of Northwestern’s creative writing program.

English profs praise work of former student, MacArthur Fellowship winner

September 30, 2013

Northwestern alumna Karen Russell (Weinberg '03) reached a peak in her writing career earlier this month when she won the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and the professors that taught her...

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