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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


NU’s second-half-of-the-year lobbying in 2024 totaled over $800,0000.

Northwestern’s lobbying spending balloons to more than $1 million in 2024

March 2, 2025

Northwestern’s lobbying spending swelled to more than $1 million in 2024, the most it’s spent in nearly three decades and a roughly 150% increase from the previous year. It comes as no surprise...

The NSF, a federal agency that funds research in all non-medical fields, has been a historic contributor to NU.

U.S. Senate identifies $15 million worth of NSF grants to NU ‘promoting DEI’

February 14, 2025

Around $15 million worth of Northwestern’s grants from the National Science Foundation were identified as promoting DEI and “neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda” by a new U.S. Senate Commerce Committee...

The Great Lakes water region provides 40 million residents from the U.S. and Canada with fresh water.

Great Lakes Project secures millions in funding with Northwestern as key partner

January 30, 2024

The Great Lakes Water Innovation Engine (ReNEW) — a water technology project with Northwestern as a core partner — received an inaugural National Science Foundation Engines Program award, securing...

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Northwestern exceeds $1 billion in 2023 research funding

September 7, 2023

Northwestern exceeded $1 billion in annual research funding for the first time in fiscal year 2023, the University announced Thursday.  At the close of the fiscal year on Aug. 31, NU had received more...

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McCormick Prof. Arthur Prindle wins National Science Foundation junior faculty award for work as teacher-scholar

March 8, 2023

McCormick Prof. Arthur Prindle won the Faculty Early Career Development Program award — the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for junior faculty — according to a University news...

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