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

The Daily Northwestern


Girl dancing and having fun with her friends

Northwestern’s Dance Marathon raises nearly $200,000 for beneficiaries

April 7, 2025

The sweltering heat and 15 sleepless hours in Welsh-Ryan Arena did not tire the hundreds of dancers at Northwestern’s 51st annual Dance Marathon last weekend. This year, NUDM raised $191,827 for Chicago...

The 51st annual Northwestern University Dance Marathon will take place overnight on April 4 and 5 to support Chicago HOPES for Kids and the Evanston Community Foundation.

NU Dance Marathon will kick off Friday

April 2, 2025

Northwestern’s 51st annual Dance Marathon will kick off this Friday at 6 p.m. in Welsh-Ryan Arena. This year, NUDM will support Chicago HOPES for Kids as its rotating beneficiary — one of its two...

NUDM celebrated 50 years of fundraising this weekend at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

NUDM celebrates 50th anniversary, raises over $340,000 for charity

April 1, 2024

After 15 hours of dancing, “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen played over the speakers to close out the 50th Northwestern University Dance Marathon. Battling sleep deprivation and fatigue, hundreds of...

Dillo Day 2023. Mayfest, which organizes Dillo Day, manages a budget of over $400,000.

NU alumni apply student org experiences in post-grad careers

October 13, 2023

When Annie Epstein (Medill '23) started at Northwestern in the fall of 2019, she said she never imagined that her journalism major and love for her synagogue could have overlapped in her future career....

Students in white T-shirts dance in a conga line in a dark tent with blue lighting under a suspended mesh bag of multi-colored balloons.

NUDM unveils revamped, 15-hour Dance Marathon to be held in Welsh-Ryan Arena

October 4, 2023

Northwestern University Dance Marathon’s annual charity event this spring will change in two major ways: the event will last 15 hours instead of 30 and will take place at Welsh-Ryan Arena instead of...

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