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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


Third Coast Percussion. David Skidmore (Bienen ’05), an Ensemble Member and Executive Director at Third Coast Percussion, spoke Wednesday about entrepreneurship as an artist.

Grammy-award winning Bienen alumnus talks entrepreneurship and artists

April 29, 2020

Grammy-award winning alumnus David Skidmore (Bienen ’05) spoke Wednesday about why entrepreneurship is an important skill for everyone, especially artists. The Garage hosted the Virtual Founder Talk,...

The Garage’s 3D printers sit unused this quarter. Resident teams have had to acclimate to working on their startups remotely.

NU healthcare startups innovate to fight COVID-19 amid new challenges

April 15, 2020

Proper hand-washing has been cited as one of the best ways to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Since 2017, student-founded startup City Health Tech has been developing products that encourage...

The winners, organizers and judges of this year’s ImproveNU pose for photos after the event. The event awarded $11,000 in grants to three student groups to implement their proposed ideas to improve campus.

Third annual ImproveNU awards top grant to H2Aware for water conservation

March 1, 2020

The third annual ImproveNU competition came to an end on Saturday, awarding its top grant to H2Aware, which pitched a project on water conservation. The competition, co-sponsored by Associated Student...

Author Dave Eggers with Medill Dean Charles Whitaker. Eggers spoke in The Garage about his new education non-profit, 826 Valencia.

Dave Eggers talks education, entrepreneurship at The Garage

February 28, 2020

Author and entrepreneur Dave Eggers began his talk this Thursday at The Garage with a shoutout to his flip phone. The San Francisco-based novelist, who said he abstains from smartphones and even home...

The Garage, 2311 Campus Dr. The Lighthouse Education Project is a Northwestern startup that hopes to make education more equitable.

Northwestern student startup hopes to ‘democratize’ education with free online database for teachers

February 24, 2020

Mason Secky-Koebel wants to “democratize,” and not “commodify,” education. The McCormick junior is the founder and CEO of The Lighthouse Education Project, an education platform he hopes will...

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