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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


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Founder of The Garage Melissa Kaufman announces departure from Northwestern

January 30, 2022

Melissa Kaufman, Northwestern’s executive director of The Garage, will step down from her role in May. Since Kaufman founded The Garage more than six years ago, it has served more than 3,000 students...

Two people in a laboratory hold a glass dome containing a model of a forest fire and a house with people in front of it surrounded by a protective layer with a crossed-out fire symbol.

Student startup InfernoGuard is dedicated to fighting forest fires

January 17, 2022

Over the past five years, InfernoGuard, a student-led company dedicated to preventing wildfires, has seen success in STEM and business competitions. The company’s four founders — who currently attend...

The image focuses on the outside of The Garage. The logo of The Garage includes a spelled out version of the name besides an LED display.

Garage Founder-in-Residence launches Rhetoric, providing feedback for start-up pitches through AI-based coaching

January 11, 2022

While working as a data science manager at Lyft, second-year graduate student Raman Malik had a revelation: the best way to improve the careers of his junior data scientists is to coach and critique their...

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NU senior launches start-up to promote Black women’s self-love through hair care

October 25, 2021

Growing up as a Black woman with naturally coily hair, McCormick senior Ayinoluwa Abegunde said she didn’t feel properly educated on how to care for her hair and lacked the tools, products and accessories...

bekome co-founders Shanna Traphoner-Liu and Vanessa Gottlieb pose in front of a brick wall. Photo courtesy of Shanna Traphoner-Liu.

Kellogg students create bekome: “Hinge for therapy”

October 19, 2021

After struggling for more than ten years to find the right therapist, second-year Kellogg student Shanna Traphoner-Liu decided to take action. “I thought, ‘Okay, something has to be done about this,’”...

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