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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

A photo of the outside of the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Education Center. On the outside of the building, letters spell out the name of the center.

District 65 Student Assignment Project gets input on magnet schools, school boundaries

January 31, 2022

Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s Student Assignment Project committee held a meeting Saturday to gather community input on magnet school programs and school zones. The committee was launched by...

Provost Jonathan Holloway is overseeing plans to add a December term in an attempt to shift Fall Quarter. The term would allow students to do research, have internships, take another class or study abroad.

Administrators seek new ‘D-term’ to shift Fall Quarter earlier

November 19, 2018

In a few years, Northwestern students may have some extra weeks after Fall Quarter to conduct research, explore internships, take another class, study abroad or even just relax at home before Winter Quarter...

NU to implement calendar changes to spring break, commencement

June 28, 2018

Northwestern will implement changes to the academic calendar as early as the 2019-20 school year, according to a Thursday press release. The changes, approved by University President Morton Schapiro...

NU students, faculty lead data collection for Sunday’s Chicago Marathon

October 11, 2015

A team of Northwestern students and faculty released a mobile version of its multi-year data visualization project for Sunday’s Chicago Marathon. Led by McCormick Prof. Karen Smilowitz, the research...

McCormick Prof. Karen Smilowitz and Northwestern students work at the Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle in March. The research team will use the dashboard it has developed for data analysis at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday.

Northwestern researchers improve Chicago Marathon race conditions with data analysis

October 8, 2014

An interdisciplinary team of Northwestern researchers is using data analytics to study and improve the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, which attracts about 45,000 runners and 1.7 million spectators...

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