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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


The skyline of Doha, Qatar, where Northwestern and five other U.S. universities have campuses in Education City. NU-Q remains open after several Arab nations broke diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar last week.

NU-Q continues summer classes after several Arab countries cut off diplomatic, commercial ties with Qatar

June 12, 2017

Northwestern University in Qatar remains open this summer despite several Middle Eastern countries breaking diplomatic and commercial ties with Qatar, University spokesman Al Cubbage said. “We are keeping...

New NU-Q media, communication building dedicated on Doha campus

May 7, 2017

Northwestern dedicated a new media and communication building on the Doha campus in Qatar last week, the University announced in a news release. According to the release, the building is 515,000 square...

Shakeeb Asrar (second from right), a senior at NU-Q, poses with fellow participants of the WISE Learners’ program in Greece. Participants spent two weeks volunteering with refugees and learning about the refugee crisis in the context of education.

NU-Q student spends 2 weeks in Greece volunteering with refugees

April 16, 2017

Northwestern University in Qatar student Shakeeb Asrar spent two weeks in March volunteering with refugees in Greece — teaching computer literacy classes to children and adults, packing boxes of donated...

Northwestern renews contract for Qatar campus through 2027-28 academic year

February 24, 2016

Northwestern will maintain its Qatar campus for an additional 10 years after extending its agreement with the Qatar Foundation through the 2027-28 academic year. In 2006, the Qatar Foundation invited...

Political science and legal studies Prof. Jacqueline Stevens discusses how private prisons profit from immigrant detainees’ labor at an event held by Unshackle NU on Tuesday night. Stevens was the second speaker in the group’s quarter-long series, which began last month with activist Mariame Kaba.

At Unshackle NU event, Northwestern professor talks prison profit from detainees’ cheap labor

February 3, 2016

Political science and legal studies Prof. Jacqueline Stevens highlighted the way private prisons profit from the labor of immigrant detainees at Unshackle NU's event Tuesday evening. About 45 students...

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