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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 committee will comprise a mix of faculty, staff, students, alumni and trustees, according to a Tuesday message from University President Michael Schill.

University President Michael Schill announces members of Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate

January 23, 2024

University President Michael Schill announced sixteen members of the President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate Tuesday in a University-wide message. The committee will comprise...

In Focus: Trustees and student activists at impasse after divestment proposal rejected

In Focus: Trustees and student activists at impasse after divestment proposal rejected

March 3, 2020

It was below freezing. Wind blew flurries of snow everywhere, rendering the coats and gloves students wore relatively useless. But the ugly weather did not stop a group of approximately 50 students from...

Tuesday’s ACIR meeting in Guild Lounge. Students expressed concerns at the lack of a trustee decision on Fossil Free Northwestern’s divestment proposal.

Students demand timeline on Board divestment decision

February 11, 2020

Students demanded a timeline from the Board of Trustees on its decision regarding Fossil Free Northwestern’s divestment proposal at the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility meeting Tuesday. Philip...

Northwestern students protest the university’s fossil fuel investments in 2014. On Jan. 25, Northwestern’s Associated Student Government joined the governing bodies of 13 other Big Ten schools in supporting a resolution calling on their schools to divest from fossil fuels.

ASG signs Big Ten resolution in support of divestment

February 5, 2020

Northwestern’s Associated Student Government joined the 13 other schools in the Big Ten in passing a resolution on Jan. 25 in support of university divestment on fossil fuels at the Association of Big...

Over a hundred undergraduate students gathered in Scott Hall Thursday. Students expressed frustrations over the lack of progress in implementing Fossil Free Northwestern.

One year after calls for divestment, Northwestern’s Board of Trustees continues to refrain from action

November 8, 2019

After a year of inaction from the Board of Trustees, students renewed their calls for Northwestern divest from fossil fuels during the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility’s open meeting Thursday. Students...

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