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

The Daily Northwestern


In Focus: Northwestern graduate student sues professor for invasion of privacy, defamation following book release

In Focus: Northwestern graduate student sues professor for invasion of privacy, defamation following book release

May 22, 2017

A Northwestern graduate philosophy student filed a lawsuit Tuesday under the pseudonym Jane Doe against Communication Prof. Laura Kipnis and publishing house HarperCollins Publishers, LLC, following the...

Laura Kipnis.

Communication Prof. Laura Kipnis releases book, receives varied reactions

April 21, 2017

A book written by Communication Prof. Laura Kipnis critiquing the Title IX process at Northwestern has received mixed reviews since its release earlier this month. “Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia...

Then-Weinberg juniors Laura Whittenburg and Jazz Stephens meet with other students following a planned sit-in of philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow’s class in March 2014. Ludlow canceled the class before the sit-in could take place and has not taught since. He resigned Monday.

Philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow resigns from Northwestern

November 3, 2015

Philosophy Prof. Peter Ludlow resigned Monday from Northwestern following more than a year of legal battles and University findings that he sexually harassed two students, the University announced Tuesday. Ludlow’s...

Former Feinberg Prof. Alice Dreger speaks to a group of Northwestern students and Evanston residents about her resignation in August. Dreger resigned over allegations that Feinberg censored a magazine she guest edited over a story involving a nurse performing oral sex on a recently-paralyzed man.

Former professor calls for University to apologize for censorship

October 1, 2015

Former Feinberg Prof. Alice Dreger, who resigned from her position after she said the University censored a faculty magazine, is calling for an official apology from the administration. “They need...

Daly: We’ve made our mistakes in response to Kipnis

Daly: We’ve made our mistakes in response to Kipnis

June 7, 2015

When Prof. Laura Kipnis published “Sexual Paranoia Strikes Academe” in February, the essay raised more than a few eyebrows, including my own. But when the controversy struck the student body, discussion...

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