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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


A student presents ideas to Feeding America representatives. NeighbourFood proved to be the most successful of the programs designed in the class.

Northwestern grad students design partner with Feeding America to tackle food insecurity

November 28, 2018

Before he took Design 401-3: Service Design, Enes Umur, a McCormick graduate student working with the Segal Design Institute, didn’t really think much about food waste or food rescue. Through this class,...

Northwestern junior goes viral with graphic design project

May 18, 2017

Jason Yuan said he has long understood the power of visual communication. Growing up bilingual, Yuan would often sketch pictures for his Canadian classmates when they couldn’t understand what he was...

McCormick Dean Julio Ottino

McCormick Dean Julio Ottino awarded for ‘Whole-Brain Engineering’ initiative

January 10, 2017

McCormick Dean Julio Ottino was named the recipient of the 2017 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology for his work expanding the McCormick curriculum. Ottino, creator...

Northwestern's new San Francisco campus will be housed in the former headquarters of Wells Fargo bank. The program will begin Winter Quarter 2017.

New Northwestern campus brings together journalists, engineers in San Francisco

April 4, 2016

Engineers and journalists will come together to study the intersection of design and media innovation as part of a new quarter-long, San Francisco-based immersion program beginning next Winter Quarter. The...

An art piece depicting soil contamination in former industrial sites in Chicago is exhibited in the Data as Art showcase in the Ford Center. The art project is one of five that students in Data as Art, a combined class with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, created.

NU, SAIC class transcends boundaries between engineering and art

February 3, 2016

A&E A synthetic biology game, an interactive map of Chicago, data-influenced jewelry — these are all innovative projects made this past Fall Quarter by artists and engineers in Northwestern’s...

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