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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


The Donald P. Jacobs Center, 2001 Sheridan Rd. As Northwestern ended Fiscal Year 2019 in surplus, NU plans to refocus on renovating vacant buildings on campus like the Jacobs Center.

University to re-focus on remodeling vacant spaces, not breaking ground on new buildings

January 13, 2020

Northwestern’s budget deficit in Fiscal Year 2018 froze construction on residence halls in the 10-year Housing Master Plan and delayed renovations of other campus spaces. Senior vice president for business...

A University Commons model. Don’t expect the real thing anytime soon.

Don’t expect new Norris anytime soon

October 23, 2018

More than two years ago, Patricia Telles-Irvin, the vice president for student affairs, stood beside a big glass box draped by a white cloth. She unveiled a model of what was to be the new student center:...

In Focus: Over a year after University Commons reveal, administrators struggle to find funding

In Focus: Over a year after University Commons reveal, administrators struggle to find funding

November 10, 2017

Northwestern attracts some of the wealthiest donors in the country. In the last six years alone, the University raised $3.57 billion in a fundraising campaign that helped launch the construction of world-class...

The outside of Norris University Center, which will be replaced by University Commons after Northwestern raises enough money for the transition. An administrator said students likely won’t have to move out of Norris until Fall Quarter 2018.

Student groups will not leave Norris before fall 2018, admin says

September 22, 2016

Student groups likely won’t have to move out of Norris University Center until Fall Quarter 2018, when work on University Commons — the building that will replace Norris — will force groups to relocate,...

Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president for student affairs, delivers a few opening remarks in front of the covered model of the future University Commons. The structure is planned to be approximately 21 percent larger than Norris and was announced last Thursday in an email.

Northwestern unveils model of new University Commons

August 4, 2016

A model of the new University Commons building, which is set to replace Norris University Center in 2019, was unveiled Wednesday morning by vice president for student affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin. Announced...

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