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The Daily Northwestern

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

A gray and red brick building with the label ‘YWCA’ with a brown bench and three trees in front of it.

YWCA program teaches web design to historically excluded groups

November 3, 2021

The Evanston/North Shore YWCA recently started working with its third cohort of the YW Tech Lab, a free, 16-week web design technology program.  The lab hopes to increase opportunities for groups traditionally...

Oakton Community College. The school is launching a contract tracing training program.

Evanston contact tracing efforts already in full swing as Gov. Pritzker announces state initiative

May 17, 2020

Contact tracing efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Evanston were already well underway when Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the state would undergo a massive contact tracing operation at the start...

Teresa Parod is a lifelong painter. She paints garage door murals in Evanston.

Resident beautifies city with garage door murals

March 6, 2020

When Evanston resident Teresa Parod takes out the garbage in the alley behind her house, she’s often greeted by people photographing her garage door. It’s adorned with a colorful mural that depicts...

Evanston Public Library librarian Kerry Littel reads a story aloud as volunteer Evelyn Keolian shows a group of kids the sign for hug in American Sign Language. They work together to provide ASL storytime at the Chicago Avenue/Main Street Branch of EPL.

Evanston Public Library presents new ASL storytime

February 10, 2020

The Chicago Avenue/Main Street branch of the Evanston Public Library piloted storytimes incorporating American Sign Language starting last week. Free and open to the public without registration, the...

Evanston Fire Department collaborates on new hiring law

September 30, 2019

The Evanston Fire Department collaborated with local officials on a new law that creates a hiring preference for fire service career applicants with at least 600 hours of fire suppression work in a certified...

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