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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


More than 18,000 people attended President Barack Obama's farewell address at the McCormick Place convention center. Multiple Northwestern students were in the crowd on Tuesday night.

Northwestern students join Chicago crowds for Obama’s farewell address

January 11, 2017

As President Barack Obama returned with family and loved ones to the city he called “home,” Northwestern students joined tens of thousands in Chicago on Tuesday night to watch the president give his...

Former Associated Student Government president and Weinberg senior Noah Star (left) swears in the new president, SESP junior Christina Cilento, and executive vice president Macs Vinson, a McCormick junior. Star told senators in a farewell address to take their jobs seriously and represent students well.

Cilento, Vinson sworn into office, Star emphasizes service in farewell address

April 14, 2016

SESP junior Christina Cilento and McCormick junior Macs Vinson were sworn into office Wednesday as president and executive vice president, respectively, at Associated Student Government Senate. Outgoing...

Fossil Free NU holds teach-in on climate justice

November 6, 2015

Members of Fossil Free NU, formerly DivestNU, held a teach-in on Thursday to inform Northwestern students about climate justice and the effect of climate change on marginalized communities. The organization...

Members of Fossil Free NU read from a prepared statement on Wednesday in front of Will McLean (right), Northwestern's chief investment officer. The group handed hundreds of letters to McLean showing student support for coal divestment.

Fossil Free NU delivers letters to Will McLean in preparation for Board of Trustees meeting

June 3, 2015

Fossil Free NU delivered hundreds of letters in support of coal divestment to Northwestern’s chief investment officer Wednesday morning, ahead of the group’s meeting with the Board of Trustees on June...

Students march to a Board of Trustees meeting in November to ask Northwestern to divest its endowment funds from the coal industry. Students can voice their opinions on coal divestment through an ASG referendum in this year’s elections.

Coal divestment referendum added to ASG ballot

April 10, 2015

This year’s Associated Student Government ballot includes a referendum asking students whether they believe Northwestern should divest from coal companies. Fossil Free NU, which sponsored the referendum,...

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