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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


The Office of International Student and Scholar Services. The University sponsors over 6,500 students and scholars on F-1 or J-1 visas, according to the public comment signed by President Schapiro and Provost Hagerty.

Northwestern student from Iran barred from entering country after visa cancelled

November 3, 2019

A Northwestern student from Iran is missing school this fall after being turned away when he tried to board a flight on his way to Illinois. The student, whose name has not been made public, was informed...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill/) listens to the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, January 24, 2006. Durbin on Wednesday introduced legislation to eliminate the green card backlog in the United States.

Durbin co-sponsors legislation to eliminate green card backlog

October 16, 2019

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) jointly introduced legislation to eliminate the family and employment backlog for green cards by increasing the number of cards issued. Durbin, the Senate Democratic Whip...

Northwestern’s International Office is preparing for expected limits on student visas given to Chinese citizens. Media outlets have reported that Chinese graduate students in aviation, robotics and high-tech manufacturing will be restricted to one-year visas.

US expected to limit visa length for Chinese students

June 1, 2018

The Trump administration is expected to impose limits on visas granted to Chinese citizens amid concerns of intellectual property theft, potentially putting Northwestern’s research operations at risk. United...

The skyline of Doha, Qatar, where Northwestern and five other U.S. universities have campuses in Education City. NU-Q remains open after several Arab nations broke diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar last week.

Former Faculty Senate president’s concerns about NU-Qatar remain

January 10, 2016

One year after former Faculty Senate President Stephen Eisenman visited Northwestern’s campus in Doha, Qatar, the art history professor’s concerns about Northwestern University in Qatar remain. In...

Letter to the Editor: With death of Anne Smedinghoff, America is a little poorer

April 28, 2013

Sometime earlier this month we awoke to the news that one of the five Americans killed April 6 in Afghanistan was a 25-year-old woman, Anne Smedinghoff, from River Forest. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University,...

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