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The Daily Northwestern

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


Northwestern has more than $15 million directly invested in oil, natural gas company

January 27, 2016

Northwestern owns more than $15 million worth of stock in Black Stone Minerals, one of the largest oil and gas mineral and royalty companies in the country, according to the University’s filing with...

Buffett Institute names first executive director

November 23, 2015

Former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry was named the inaugural executive director of the Buffett Institute for Global Studies. Eikenberry, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, Harvard...

The “We Will” campaign is almost one-third of the way through its five-year course. As of now, the fundraising effort has raised $2.4 billion out of its $3.75 billion goal.

Northwestern’s ‘We Will’ campaign raises $2.4 billion in 19 months

November 2, 2015

Nearly one-third of the way in, Northwestern’s “We Will” fundraising campaign is ahead of schedule with $2.4 billion raised of its $3.75 billion goal. “The campaign is so far ahead of where...

Wang: Parents should not be targets of donation requests

October 25, 2015

Northwestern announced Thursday that the School of Law will incorporate the Pritzker name, following a $100 million donation by J.B. Pritzker (Law ’93) and M.K. Pritzker. This donation, the largest single...

Northwestern creates task force to plan global engagement strategy

May 18, 2015

Northwestern announced the formation of a new task force Monday that will help devise a global engagement strategy following the more than $100 million donation from Roberta Buffett Elliott (Weinberg ’54). The...

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