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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


While most uses of the solvent are completely banned under the Toxic Substances Control Act, research labs are still able to use a regulated quantity of DCM.

NU chemistry labs probe alternatives for ‘irreplaceable’ chemical banned by EPA

November 22, 2024

Dichloromethane, a solvent widely used in organic chemistry and manufacturing, is what chemistry Prof. Bryan Hunter calls a “Goldilocks of the solvents.”  DCM is particularly useful as a reaction...

Red and brown round object on the right side. In front of it, to the left, is a white, black and blue syringe. To the right of the picture are the same colored bottles. To the extreme right of the photo are white gloves and a blue and gray bottle with a plus sign on it.

COVID-19 vaccine requirement established for city employees

November 16, 2021

All Evanston employees are required to either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit negative tests to the city every week as of Nov. 15. The city first created the policy in mid-October, and by...

Evanston Police Department officers at the 800 block of Emerson street. A crane set up on the site dropped a steel beam on two construction workers on Thursday.

One worker killed, another in critical condition after crane accident

October 9, 2018

One construction worker was killed and another injured after a steel beam fell at a construction site in Evanston on Tuesday. Construction workers were unloading steel beams from a truck at 8:25 a.m....

Construction worker Michael Kerr, left, died exactly one year ago while working on Northwestern’s new Music and Communication Building after a crane knocked a beam from the sixth floor of the building.

One year later, questions surround construction worker’s death on campus

May 15, 2014

A year after a falling beam fatally hit an iron worker on campus, questions remain about what went wrong and how the accident could have been prevented as construction continues on the lakefront. Michael...

Northwestern's new Music and Communication Building is scheduled to open in 2015. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the general contractor on the building $7,000 for a serious violation that may have led to the May death of construction worker Michael Kerr, 57.

OSHA cites general contractor for new Northwestern building in death of worker

November 18, 2013

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined the general contractor for Northwestern's new Music and Communication Building, citing a violation that may have led to the accidental death...

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