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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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Graduate workers formally file to hold union election, University responds

November 21, 2022

After Northwestern administrators decided not to recognize NU Graduate Workers’ union with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, the group has filed a petition with the National...

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Faculty Senate discusses graduate unionization efforts, endorses OWF letter

November 10, 2022

Student Affairs Committee Chair and Feinberg Prof. Ana Maria Acosta updated senators on the Northwestern University Graduate Workers’ union drive at Wednesday’s Faculty Senate meeting. Acosta said...

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NU to distribute over $15 million in federal student aid funds for pandemic-related costs

October 6, 2021

Northwestern will distribute more than $15 million in federal aid to over 7,500 students for pandemic-related costs, according to a Tuesday news release. Students are eligible for the fund if they fit...

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Graduate student advocacy groups reflect on progress made, demands still unmet under Dean Mayo

May 9, 2021

When Ph.D. student Sarah Peko-Spicer came to Northwestern in 2015, she worried about finding community as one of two Black graduate students in the statistics department. But the transition was not as...

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Kelly Mayo, interim TGS dean, appointed to permanent post

April 23, 2021

Kelly Mayo, interim dean for The Graduate School, will serve in permanent post starting May 1, according to a Friday University news release. Mayo has led TGS since June 2020 after Teresa Woodruff left...

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