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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

Graduate Student Commons. TGS coalition members requested support and institutional equity for marginalized students at a Wednesday town hall.

Graduate students encounter difficulties after final exams aren’t canceled

March 19, 2020

When Joshua Shelton published a March 16 petition urging the University to extend optional final exams for graduate students, he had already been denied by NU Health Service after suspecting he had COVID-19...

A letter sent by graduate students to NU administrators calls for a number of demands.

“TGS has fallen short:” Graduate students send NU administrators letter demanding better treatment of marginalized students, removal of Dean Woodruff

March 3, 2020

An anonymous coalition representing marginalized and underrepresented students of The Graduate School circulated a letter this Monday, petitioning the University to remove and replace dean Teresa Woodruff...

Graduate workers lead a march for equal rights on campus in spring 2019. Today, NUGW held a virtual day of action to address graduate students’ roles as workers.

Graduate students to be stripped of unionization rights under proposed NLRB rule

September 23, 2019

Student workers at Northwestern and other private universities would lose employee status and unionization rights under a proposed regulation by the National Labor Relations Board. The proposal, announced...

Searle Hall, home to University Health Service. Northwestern renegotiated its plan with Aetna to lower the cost of mental health treatment after students expressed concern over initial changes to the 2019-2020 plan.

Change to health insurance could increase costs for students, will remove price limit on outpatient mental health treatment

September 11, 2019

Northwestern has removed a cap on mental health appointment copays as part of its insurance plan for the 2019-2020 academic year, which may increase the out-of-pocket cost for students and employees seeking...

In Focus: As student mental health concerns rise, parents and social workers worry District 65 services aren’t equitable

In Focus: As student mental health concerns rise, parents and social workers worry District 65 services aren’t equitable

May 31, 2019

Margaret Rothe has met with children from almost every elementary and middle school in Evanston during her 25 years as a social worker in Evanston/Skokie School District 65. By now, she’s working...

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