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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 administrators have not yet been notified of the funding freeze or stop-work orders by the federal government. However, the government is expected to produce a list of demands for NU to restore its funding in the following days.

Northwestern advises researchers to delay staffing changes, reduce spending following funding freeze

April 11, 2025

As the Northwestern community attempts to grasp the implications of the Trump administration’s funding freeze, two University administrators advised researchers and principal investigators to delay staffing...

Students and faculty told The Daily that the orders have mostly affected graduate departments under the McCormick School of Engineering.

More than 100 NU graduate projects receive stop-work orders from Department of Defense

April 10, 2025

The same day the Trump administration froze $790 million in funding for Northwestern on Tuesday, more than 100 research projects have received stop-work orders from the Department of Defense since then,...

A University spokesperson first confirmed with The Daily on Wednesday that several current and former NU students’ visas have been terminated by the Department of Homeland Security.

NUGW sends letter to Schill urging University to protect non-citizens

April 10, 2025

The Northwestern University Graduate Workers union voted Wednesday to approve a letter urging the University to protect its non-citizen students amid the federal government’s recent terminations of NU...

Name plate that reads “Director of” and the final word is blurred out.

A dozen Northwestern staff members’ titles changed to exclude DEI across undergraduate, graduate schools

April 9, 2025

At least a dozen Northwestern staff members’ titles across both undergraduate and graduate schools were changed to exclude references to diversity, equity and inclusion, an analysis by The Daily found. The...

A University spokesperson told The Daily that the University has taken measures to not “over-enroll any of our PhD programs while maintaining full class sizes.”

McCormick latest to defer enrollment for some prospective graduate students

April 5, 2025

At least one McCormick School of Engineering graduate program was told by Northwestern officials to defer the enrollment of its outstanding offers for students after closing in on its target enrollment...

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