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Provost Kathleen Hagerty. Hagerty spoke with The Daily about COVID-19 policies, commitments to social justice and other topics concerning Winter Quarter.

In interview, Provost Kathleen Hagerty talks Winter Quarter and Northwestern’s social justice commitments

December 29, 2020

Last week, members of The Daily’s editorial board sat down with Provost Kathleen Hagerty for an interview. Jon Yates, the assistant vice president of communications, also sat in on the meeting. Hagerty...

Borrok: Protests are essential to the well-being of Northwestern

Borrok: Protests are essential to the well-being of Northwestern

October 21, 2020

Prior to my on-campus arrival last year, the University sent me a welcome package, which included information on move-in, Wildcat Welcome and Evanston. The package also contained an orientation issue...

Dion-Kirschner: This Earth Day, take time to consider environmental inequities

April 13, 2017

On April 22, the U.S. will celebrate its 48th Earth Day. This day to celebrate and advocate for our planet was established in 1970 by former U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.), who organized environmental...

Jose Antonio Vargas, activist and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, discusses “Define America,” his non-profit organization that aims to open a discussion about the state of undocumented people in the United States. Vargas came to Northwestern as this year’s College Democrats’ winter speaker.

Jose Antonio Vargas discusses undocumented immigration

March 5, 2015

Activist Jose Antonio Vargas spoke Wednesday night about the role the media and the government have in defining the lives of undocumented people who consider themselves American, but don't have the right...

Angela Davis interacts with audience members during her talk at Fisk Hall Monday night. Davis discussed a variety of topics during the presentation, including her work in the anti-prison movement.

Radical activist Angela Davis draws large crowd for social justice talk

May 20, 2014

Activist and scholar Angela Davis gave a wide-ranging talk Monday about abolition of the prison-industrial complex, feminism, intersectionality and a host of other political and social justice issues...

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