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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


Letter to the Editor: Disclose and divest NU’s firearms funding

February 22, 2018

Three student movements have focused on Northwestern’s endowment investments: Fossil Free NU, Unshackle NU and NU Divest. It's time to add a fourth: Divest Firearms Funding. Gun makers fuel the National...

Associated Student Government president Christina Cilento (right) addresses University President Morton Schapiro and student divestment advocates. Thursday’s meeting addressed the possible structure of the socially responsible investment committee.

Schapiro, students discuss structure of socially responsible investment committee

April 28, 2016

University President Morton Schapiro, Chief Investment Officer Will McLean and 20 divestment advocates met Thursday to discuss the charter for a socially responsible investment committee, which they will...

Christina Cilento, ASG president-elect and member of Fossil Free NU, speaks at an open forum hosted by the three divestment movements on campus — Fossil Free NU, NU Divest and Unshackle NU. The event focused on the Board of Trustees and its role overseeing NU’s investments.

Three divestment groups unite, criticize Board of Trustees

April 13, 2016

Fossil Free Northwestern, Northwestern Divest and Unshackle NU hosted their first-ever joint event Tuesday night, discussing how they can reform the University’s investments as outlined in their three...

Student activists gather outside University President Morton Schapiro's house. While protesters marched to Schapiro's Orrington house, Schapiro was holding a dinner for students, including ASG members.

Student activists protest outside Schapiro’s house

April 5, 2016

Student activists protested Northwestern’s investment policies Tuesday evening, both by marching to and walking out of University President Morton Schapiro’s Evanston house. Schapiro was hosting...

Members of Unshackle NU present legislation Wednesday night at Associated Student Government Senate that would call on the University to divest from corporations they say benefit from the mass incarceration of people of color. The resolution, which will be voted on next week, was sponsored by 21 student groups.

Senate to vote on legislation supporting Unshackle NU divestment campaign

February 24, 2016

Unshackle NU introduced legislation Wednesday at Associated Student Government Senate to pressure the University to divest from companies the group says promote the prison-industrial complex and to create...

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