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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

Letter to the Editor: Why won’t NU return Saudi blood money?

September 30, 2019

Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Ronan Farrow revealed that the MIT Media Lab and its director, Joi Ito received $1.7 million in donations from convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein and deliberately...

Simon Mabon speaks to a crowd of about 90 on Monday night. Mabon evaluated 30 years of history to deconstruct relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran

Lecturer talks Middle East, tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran

February 19, 2019

Author and scholar Simon Mabon described the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran as much more complex than it is often portrayed, and he fears uprisings like the Arab Spring in 2011 will occur again...

University Hall. University President Morton Schapiro said that grants to professors funded by the Saudi Arabian government are legitimate.

Schapiro clarifies research funding from Saudi Arabian government organization has been limited to sciences

November 15, 2018

University President Morton Schapiro said Wednesday the money Northwestern professors have taken from the Saudi Arabian government has been limited to scientific research. Northwestern and other universities...

Castillo: The Saudi monarchy can’t buy our dignity

November 11, 2018

After news broke last Tuesday that several U.S. colleges and universities, including Northwestern University, received more than $350 million from the Saudi government or its institutions, NU announced...

Northwestern has asked its faculty to reassess their relationship with Saudi Arabia. The move comes after media revealed that the Saudi regime had donated millions of dollars to American universities, including $14.4 million to Northwestern.

Northwestern asks faculty to rethink relationships with Saudi Arabia

November 1, 2018

Northwestern is asking its faculty to reconsider its relationships with Saudi Arabia, just days after the University’s funding from a Saudi research organization was brought into question. Earlier...

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