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

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Evanston Community Foundation President Sara Schastok (right) reacts to receiving a check from Dance Marathon for $103,476.58 in 2014. DM 2015 will be Schastok's last year as CEO and president of DM's secondary beneficiary.

Evanston Community Foundation president to retire after long relationship with Dance Marathon

March 7, 2015

After 15 years at the helm of the Evanston Community Foundation, Sara Schastok will retire by the end of the year, which also marks a milestone in her long relationship with Dance Marathon. ECF has...

Communication freshman Allison Towbes paints the face of a trick-or-treater at Project Pumpkin on Thursday night. The event, sponsored by Northwestern Community Development Corps, provided trick-or-treating and games for Chicago-area children.

Norris celebrates Halloween early with Project Pumpkin

October 30, 2014

With more than 1,000 children in attendance, Project Pumpkin took over Norris University Center on Thursday night for an early Halloween celebration. Northwestern Community Development Corps hosted...

FDA details potential plan to grant accelerated approval to Duchenne treatment

April 22, 2014

The Food and Drug Administration outlined a possible pathway that would grant accelerated approval to a drug with the potential to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the disease Dance Marathon raised...

Marissa Penrod (right), the founder of Team Joseph, hugs Dance Marathon executive co-chair Anna Radoff during Block 10. Penrod expressed her gratitude toward DM for choosing her cause.

‘The miracle is Joseph’: Dance Marathon raises more than $1.3 million in hopes of Duchenne cure

March 9, 2014

When Marissa Penrod got up on stage during the final block of Dance Marathon 2014 and began talking to the crowd about her son, it was the first time in almost 28 hours the tent reached something close...

The Dance Marathon tent is set up behind Norris University Center. The 40th edition of DM will get underway Friday night.

DM beneficiary Team Joseph fights for treatment approval in race for a cure

March 7, 2014

Northwestern students will pack the Dance Marathon tent Friday to spend 30 hours dancing for Team Joseph as the primary beneficiary petitions for approval for one of the first promising treatments for...

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