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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


Visiting Prof. Ruth Gavison speaks in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Thursday. Gavison lectured about the Jewish and democratic aspects of Israel.

Visiting professor talks Zionism, democracy

May 18, 2017

Israel can be both a Jewish and democratic state, visiting Prof. Ruth Gavison said during an event Thursday. Gavison delivered the annual Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Lecture in Jewish Civilization,...

SwineTech founder Matthew Rooda stands with judges and other contestants at the Cupid’s Cup Entrepreneurship Competition. SwineTech, which developed technology to prevent piglet deaths in pig farms, won the $75,000 grand prize.

NU hosts nationwide entrepreneurship competition finals for first time

March 31, 2017

For the first time since its founding more than a decade ago, the Cupid’s Cup Entrepreneurship Competition was held outside the University of Maryland, concluding at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Thursday. The...

Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on Tuesday. Coates and Prof. Mary Pattillo discussed a range of topics, from politics to race to literature, at an event organized by the Contemporary Thought Speaker Series.

Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses Trump, race in America

January 31, 2017

In front of a packed audience at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates called Donald Trump’s presidency the “clearest evidence of white supremacy” in America during a talk Tuesday night. Coates,...

Nate Silver speaks to an audience of roughly 1,000 about data analysis and predictions at the One Book One Northwestern keynote address. Silver’s book “The Signal and the Noise” was selected as this year’s One Book read.

Nate Silver talks data, baseball in One Book keynote address

October 6, 2016

Nate Silver said it’s crucial for society to use big data responsibly and discern truths from it during his One Book One Northwestern keynote address on Thursday. Silver, author of “The Signal...

Captured: Jewish rapper Matisyahu performs at Northwestern

Captured: Jewish rapper Matisyahu performs at Northwestern

April 1, 2016

  "Instead of the usual classical or jazz music, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall was filled with a psychedelic light show, thumping bass and the reggae, hip-hop and rock sounds of Grammy-nominated musician...

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