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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

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Football: Notre Dame, Northwestern to renew historic rivalry at Ryan Field meeting decades in the making

Football: Notre Dame, Northwestern to renew historic rivalry at Ryan Field meeting decades in the making

October 31, 2018

It was 1889 when Northwestern and Notre Dame met for the first time in football. The two programs have inscribed 129 years of indefatigable history since, albeit a decidedly unbalanced history at that....

University archivists preserve Northwestern’s history, look for ways to store modern technology

December 4, 2017

The Northwestern Archives preserve the University's past through thousands of photographs and documents. The archivists in the basement of Deering Library are also looking for ways to preserve modern technology.

The circulation desk in Main Library on Northwestern’s campus. NU Libraries recently announced a new archivist position to document the lives of black students, faculty and alumni.

New library archivist position focuses on black experience of students, faculty at NU

May 18, 2017

Northwestern University Libraries hired an archivist to document the lives of black students, faculty and alumni, the University announced Tuesday. Charla Wilson will be the first archivist for the...

Northwestern hosted voting locations on its Evanston campus for the Evanston mayoral primary vote. Steve Hagerty and Mark Tendam were elected to continue in the general election.

Students engage in Evanston’s mayoral primary

March 1, 2017

As Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl approaches the end of her term, some Northwestern students are mobilizing to elect the city’s next mayor. Ross Krasner, Associated Student Government’s vice president...

An original certificate for a perpetual scholarship. Perpetual scholarships were created when Northwestern was first founded to help finance the University.

After 150 years, free tuition grants at Northwestern still honored

February 22, 2017

When Northwestern was first looking for funding in the 1850s, it sold bonds guaranteeing free tuition for students. Today, the descendants of those original bond holders can still attend the university...

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