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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


A person turned away from the camera holds up a sign that reads “NU Students Stand With Columbia Students and Palestine.”

NU SJP protests at The Rock in solidarity with Columbia students after mass arrests

April 19, 2024

Nearly 100 members and supporters of Northwestern Students for Justice in Palestine gathered at The Rock on Friday to stand in solidarity with Columbia University’s chapter of Students for Justice in...

A drawing of a person with long hair and many necklaces.

Tracing the path of the tribes who call Evanston home

May 25, 2023

Before Evanston was founded in 1863, tribal nations including the Potawatomi, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Myaamia (or Miami), Wea, Kiikaapoi (or Kickapoo) and Mascouten called the land home.  When settlers...

Brainstorm: Stopping the stigma

Brainstorm: Stopping the stigma

July 6, 2020

Auntie Flo has come to town… and not everyone knows what that actually means. Our latest episode of Period Pressure dives into the stigma behind periods and why it’s so hard to talk about them. SPEAKER...

Shivangi (left) and Shivani Agarwal are twin sisters and post doctoral research associates at the Feinberg School of Medicine. The twin sisters have attended the same schools and worked in the same labs their entire lives.

Twin researchers remain close through the years

April 28, 2016

When twin sisters Shivani and Shivangi Agarwal were in high school in India, their physics teacher shared with them a quote attributed to physicist Max Planck that stays with them today. “For religion,...

Breaking the silence: Northwestern’s LGBT athletes struggle to find their voices amid a lacking support system

Breaking the silence: Northwestern’s LGBT athletes struggle to find their voices amid a lacking support system

November 7, 2014

Tara Gordon did not want to be just another stereotype. For Gordon, a Northwestern field hockey player, coming out as lesbian would validate the stereotype that female athletes tend to identify as LGBT. “I...

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