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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 illustration represents a classroom in which four students (represented by circles) are wearing a mask and six are not. Above the students are drawings of three blue masks. The masks appear from left to right, and each mask appears more faded than the last.

Faculty members, teacher’s assistants express concerns about lifted mask mandate in classrooms

March 30, 2022

On Tuesday, students and faculty were able to walk into in-person classes maskless for the first time in more than two years — but some faculty members and teacher’s assistants are concerned the new...

Psychology department chair Richard Zinbarg discusses controversial visiting scholar Satoshi Kanazawa on Wednesday. Zinbarg said that, under the department’s revised vetting process, Kanazawa would have never been allowed on campus.

Psychology department’s revised vetting process more stringent, Zinbarg says at town hall

February 6, 2019

Northwestern’s Psychology Department has revised its vetting process for visiting scholars in response to Satoshi Kanazawa’s controversial appointment, department chair Richard Zinbarg told a small...

Provost Jonathan Holloway speaks at a Q&A session with students. He said one of his roles as provost is to protect the academic reputation of the University.

Holloway defends ‘academic freedom,’ saying Kanazawa’s removal would make matters worse

January 24, 2019

Provost Jonathan Holloway said removing Satoshi Kanazawa from campus would only make matters worse when students confronted him during a Wednesday Q&A event. About 30 students, clad in black, walked...

Provost Jonathan Holloway said on Thursday that a visiting scholar's controversial views "cannot be a reason to undermine the vital principle of intellectual freedom." More than 3,600 people have signed a petition asking the University to ban the scholar.

Holloway: Kanazawa’s views ‘antithetical’ to Northwestern

December 13, 2018

Provost Jonathan Holloway signaled on Thursday that a visiting professor with controversial views on race will complete his year-long scholarly visit despite a demand by concerned students for his removal. Holloway...

Swift Hall, home of the University’s psychology department. Students are asking the department to dismiss a controversial visiting scholar.

Students petition Northwestern to ban a visiting scholar whose work attempts to link intelligence and beauty to race

December 12, 2018

Students are calling for the dismissal of a controversial visiting scholar whose views on race has sparked concern among students and faculty in the psychology department. More than 1,400 people have...

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