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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


Medill alum James Foley likely held by Syrian government, panelists reveal at Boston event

May 3, 2013

A Medill-sponsored event Friday for journalist James Foley (Medill ’08), missing in Syria, shed new light about his whereabouts. More than 50 students, faculty and Northwestern alumni gathered Friday...

James Foley (Medill ‘08) was captured Nov. 22 in Syria near the country's border with Turkey. His family has not heard from him or his captors since the kidnapping.

Family of Medill alum James Foley, missing in Syria, to host awareness event

April 22, 2013

The family of missing journalist James Foley (Medill ‘08) will raise awareness for his disappearance during World Press Freedom Day in Boston. A May 3 event called “Silenced Voices: When Conflict...

Family asks for information more than 100 days after Foley’s kidnapping

March 4, 2013

The family of James Foley (Medill '08) released another public appeal for information about his whereabouts Monday, more than 100 days after he initially was taken in Syria. Foley, a freelance conflict...

Students from Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School of Global Studies welcome their Beijing pals at the airport. The Chinese students are visiting the Evanston school for a two-week exchange program.

Chinese elementary school students learn, stay with Evanston classmates

January 24, 2013

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, sixth-grader Zhang Yichi packed toiletries for homeless people in Highland Park with his fellow classmates. Unlike most of his other classmates, Zhang just arrived in...

Ready for Action: With the right spice artillery on hand, you’ll be prepared to make any dish more flavorful.

Spice Up Your Life: An easy guide to a more delicious meal

November 7, 2012

If you're willing to take a risk or even just get creative, there are tons of delicious opportunities right at your finger tips. How so? Spices! A little pinch of this and a little dash of  that can go...

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