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

The Daily Northwestern


The first classes in the new Music and Communication Building were held on Monday. The building and the adjacent green space cost $108 million to construct.

Northwestern’s new Music and Communication Building holds first classes

March 31, 2015

The first classes in Northwestern’s new Music and Communication Building were held Monday for music students, but the formal opening will not occur until Fall Quarter 2015. The building allows the...

A panel discusses a new Northwestern global studies initiative on Jan. 28 after the University announced Roberta Buffett Elliott’s (Weinberg ‘54) record $100 million donation to the “We Will” campaign. NU officials have confirmed that the campaign is ahead of schedule.

‘We Will’ fundraising ahead of schedule, Northwestern officials say

February 19, 2015

Top University officials have confirmed Northwestern's "We Will" campaign is ahead of schedule. “Either we’ll finish the campaign early or we’ll raise more than what we have set a goal for,”...

Construction fence near new Music and Communication Building to come down

January 15, 2015

The construction fence near the new Music and Communication Building is scheduled to be taken down 3 p.m. Friday, Deborah Burkhart, a Facilities Management project manager, announced in an email Thursday. The...

Northwestern to build new opera theater in honor of alumna

October 30, 2014

A new opera theater, to be located in the Music and Communication building which will be completed in 2015, will be named the Shirley Welsh Ryan Opera Theater in honor of a Northwestern alumna. The...

Construction worker Michael Kerr, left, died exactly one year ago while working on Northwestern’s new Music and Communication Building after a crane knocked a beam from the sixth floor of the building.

One year later, questions surround construction worker’s death on campus

May 15, 2014

A year after a falling beam fatally hit an iron worker on campus, questions remain about what went wrong and how the accident could have been prevented as construction continues on the lakefront. Michael...

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