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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

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Hundreds sign petition demanding NU renews Credit/No Credit grading policy

September 24, 2021

Since Northwestern announced that it would not bring back last year’s Credit/No Credit policy, over 500 students have signed a petition calling on the University to reinstate it this academic year. Last...

Scott Hall, 601 University Place. Students asked for better pathways of communication with the Board of Trustees on divestment issues at Thursday’s Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility meeting.

Students ask for transparency from trustees, representation on CIO search

December 11, 2020

Students asked for transparency from Northwestern’s Board of Trustees at the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility meeting Thursday. ACIR and attendees discussed the University’s search...

University President Morton Schapiro is one of 13 members on the Board of Directors for the transnational Marsh & McLennan Companies handling the insurance brokerage for the Adani Carmichael coal mine.

#StopAdani: Students ask Schapiro to leverage influence and abandon Australian coal mine insurance brokerage

May 14, 2020

On Monday, Fossil Free Northwestern and Associated Student Government’s Sustainability Committee released a joint statement calling on University President Morton Schapiro to abandon his role in the...

Editor Emma Edmund explains history of Fossil Free NU, divestment

March 4, 2020

Across the world, universities, institutions and governments are divesting from the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change. City Editor Emma Edmund breaks down the history of Fossil Free Northwestern...

Fossil Free Northwestern gathered in front of Technology Institution this Thursday in an act of protest. It was followed by a teach-in on environmental justice at Seabury Hall.

Fossil Free Northwestern promotes divestment, hosts environmental justice teach-in

February 14, 2020

Battling Thursday’s heavy winds and snow, members of Fossil Free Northwestern conducted a die-in protest in front of the Technological Institute to denounce the University’s financial investments in...

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