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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


U.S. Sen Mark Kirk receives a ballot to vote Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at a Highwood, Ill., recreation center. Kirk was the first GOP senator to meet President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee.

Sen. Mark Kirk meets with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland

March 30, 2016

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) met with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland on Tuesday, becoming the first Republican senator to sit down with the nominee amid a partisan battle over whether to seat a...

Debate over Scalia successor so soon after death is disrespectful, Sen. Mark Kirk says

February 16, 2016

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) criticized Senate leaders Monday for reactions to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, saying both parties are being disrespectful by immediately making his death a political...

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) beat former Assistant State's Attorney Andrea Zopp in an informal straw poll for the 2016 U.S. Senate election at a political event July 26 hosted by the Democratic Party of Evanston.

Evanston Democrats show support for Tammy Duckworth’s U.S. Senate bid in straw poll

August 4, 2015

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) beat her opponent 45 to 8 in a non-binding straw poll organized by the Democratic Party of Evanston, demonstrating party members’ support for the candidate in...

The lot where the Prentice Women’s Hospital once stood will soon be home to the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new research building was held Friday.

Northwestern, government officials celebrate new Feinberg building at groundbreaking

May 10, 2015

Northwestern, Chicago and Illinois officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to mark the start of construction on the Feinberg School of Medicine’s new research building. Chicago Mayor Rahm...

Five Northwestern students discussed higher education policy reform at the White House on Monday. The students went to Washington as part of the Association of Big Ten Students’ “Big Ten on the Hill” event.

Northwestern students travel to Washington to discuss higher education issues

April 14, 2015

A coalition of Northwestern students are spending five days in Washington to discuss higher education issues with members of President Barack Obama’s administration, Congress and national advocacy groups. As...

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