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

The Daily Northwestern


Eugene Sunshine, vice president of business and finance, presents NU’s plans for a biomedical research facility at Thursday’s Commission on Chicago Landmarks meeting. Sunshine argued that there are no viable reuse options for saving the old Prentice Women’s Hospital.

Prentice again denied landmark status

February 7, 2013

Chicago’s landmarks commission voted unanimously to decline recommending landmark status for the old Prentice Women’s Hospital Thursday night, upholding for the second time Northwestern’s plans to...

A lawsuit alleging wrongdoing by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks was dismissed Friday, allowing NU to proceed with plans to demolish Prentice after a 30-day stay. The University and preservationists have grappled for decades over the fate of the old women’s hospital.

Judge dismisses Prentice lawsuit

January 11, 2013

A Cook County Circuit Court judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday alleging the Commission of Chicago Landmarks illegally declined to recommend landmarking of Prentice Women’s Hospital at its Nov. 1 meeting. Judge...

Northwestern Medicine study finds obesity in pregnant women linked to lower vitamin D levels in babies

January 7, 2013

A study carried out by Northwestern Medicine has found that women who are obese throughout their pregnancies may risk providing insufficient vitamin D levels to their babies. The study, which was published...

Cook County judge to weigh legal challenge to Prentice plan in January

December 7, 2012

A Cook County judge said today he will decide in January whether to dismiss a lawsuit that has halted Northwestern's plan to build a new research facility in place of the old Prentice Women's Hospital. This...

In Review: Fall Quarter 2012

November 30, 2012

University disassociates from Rabbi Klein NU’s Jewish community was stunned when Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, rabbi of the Tannenbaum Chabad House, announced the day before the Jewish festival of Yom...

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