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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Student activists gather outside University President Morton Schapiro's house in April 2016. Northwestern’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is renewing its for divestment.

Students for Justice in Palestine renew demand for divestment after Northwestern rejects BDS

June 21, 2019

Northwestern’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine renewed its call for divestment from corporations it says violate human rights after the University went on record late last month opposing...

Over 100 students attended Northwestern’s Freedom Seder, the first since 2014. The event discussed several topics including the similarities between Jewish, Palestinian and black struggles.

Student coalition revives Freedom Seder after five-year hiatus

April 30, 2019

Interspersed with songs, prose and allegories to the struggles of the Jewish, black and Palestinian communities, Monday marked the first Freedom Seder since 2014. The Freedom Seder is a ceremony with...

Letter to the Editor: Days after antisemitic violence, a call to gather in solidarity

April 29, 2019

As our Jewish communities mourn the loss of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, killed Saturday in her synagogue by a white supremacist shooter, we as Jewish students at Northwestern find ourselves struck both by grief...

Student activists discuss strategies and progress at a Monday event in University Hall. The activists stressed the importance of forming supportive relationships between activist groups.

Student activists unite during community teach-in, stress importance of coalitions

May 21, 2018

Student activist groups came together Monday at University Hall for a teach-in to inform the community of their progress and future plans to accomplish their goals. Members of Black Lives Matter NU,...

Members of Fossil Free NU read a statement to chief investment officer Will McLean in 2015. The University recently created a socially responsible investment committee to improve communication with the Board of Trustees.

Socially responsible investment committee hopes to create transparency, expand community access

July 6, 2017

At its introductory meeting in May, Northwestern’s socially responsible investment committee took its first steps toward becoming a structured avenue for the community to reach the Board of Trustees...

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