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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 globe superimposed over a calendar for 2022-2023, written in red.

SustainNU prepares to release second 5-year Strategic Sustainability Plan in 2022

May 27, 2022

SustainNU is on course to finish creating its new Strategic Sustainability Plan sometime this fall, setting new goals and benchmarks for Northwestern’s emissions reductions, conservation, resource management...

A group of students walk on the street. Some hold signs reading phrases such as “We Want a Sustainability Coordinator." One walks with a bicycle.

ETHS students walk out to call for sustainability coordinator, intergenerational advocacy

April 25, 2022

Holding a sign reading “Witherspoon: this is your legacy,” Evanston Township High School senior Ethan Schaefer stood among a crowd of nearly 150 students and Evanston residents Monday afternoon. His...

A participant writes on a poster that says “Indigenous Sacrifice Zones: Environmental Injustice.”

‘Generations of Environmental Justice’ provides all-night climate education and builds community

April 24, 2022

Northwestern students and Evanston residents filed into Alice Millar Chapel on Friday evening for an all-night Earth Day event filled with speakers, workshops and live music. The student-led event,...

A white banner reads “There is no Planet B” and hangs from a black fence in front of a green lawn and gray library building.

Divestment across campus: Activist groups discuss status of current demands and future plans

April 18, 2022

In 2019, Fossil Free Northwestern submitted a proposal to the Board of Trustees for the University to divest from major oil, coal and natural gas corporations and reinvest in renewable and sustainable...

Silhouettes of protestors standing in a line at night. They are facing police cars with flashing lights.

Organizing during the pandemic: Activist groups on campus fight for changes, spotlight institutional problems

April 3, 2022

Two years ago, despite soaring COVID-19 positivity rates, protests broke out nationwide after police killed George Floyd. At Northwestern that fall — on an otherwise mostly empty campus — community...

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