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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

7th Ward looks to find common ground between Northwestern, Evanston

7th Ward looks to find common ground between Northwestern, Evanston

April 5, 2016

Evanston’s 7th Ward could be its own city. “I used to joke that the 7th Ward could almost secede from Evanston because we’ve got a hospital, a university, a really vibrant business district, schools,...

Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and University President Morton Schapiro discuss the new Workforce Development Program on Thursday. The initiative will provide campus construction jobs to Evanston residents.

Northwestern, Evanston release details about joint jobs program

February 27, 2014

Northwestern and Evanston officials released details at a press conference Thursday about a new program that will provide employment for Evanston residents on NU’s campus. (Northwestern, Evanston...

 University archivist Kevin Leonard displayed an old photo of the Northwestern campus during a lecture on town-gown relations Thursday night. The talk was held at the Evanston History Center, 225 Greenwood St.

Northwestern archivist tells the history of university, city

October 25, 2013

University archivist Kevin Leonard on Thursday night showed Northwestern students and Evanston residents what the city was like long before most of them arrived. His lecture, titled "Sanctified Minds...

Off-campus revelry brings headaches to aldermen, residents

September 24, 2013

Every year, Evanston aldermen face the all-too-familiar ritual of handling dozens of residents' complaints about rambunctious Northwestern students swarming off-campus neighborhoods during Wildcat Welcome. Except...

Megan Abraham holds her son Leo on the front porch of their home in the  700 block of Noyes Street, where she says two American flags have gone missing. She lives next door to Feinberg Prof. Mark Waymack, who resigned from Northwestern earlier this month, citing student misconduct in the neighborhood.

Professor’s resignation puts town-gown relations front and center

June 26, 2013

An Evanston resident for more than 40 years, John Blades has watched Northwestern students gradually make up a larger part of his neighborhood in the 2000 block of Maple Avenue. Throughout occasional...

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