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The Daily Northwestern

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


Through a mentorship program, undergraduate students are paired up with middle school student mentees.

The Cities Project mentors youth from Chicago’s low income neighborhoods

November 6, 2024

The Cities Project, a nonprofit collaboration between Chicago universities and Chicago Public Schools, combines research on stress levels in youth with programs that aim to find the root issue of trauma....

A navy rug and a red rug with gold, white and bronze details.

Local rug shop imports Afghan rugs to support weavers

February 20, 2022

When Shams Frough graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago, he had two major goals: to make a little money before starting medical school and to support weavers in Afghanistan. The Taliban...

A photo of a rectangular sign that says “Northwestern University” behind a purple background in white font. There is a bit of snow on the sign. Below the sign is a portion of a map of the University that’s mostly green with paths to show roads and sidewalks. Behind the sign are a few trees scattered in the background.

Study finds gender gap in social media networking outcomes for physicians

May 17, 2021

Male physicians gain more professional advantages from social media networking than female physicians, a Northwestern Medicine study found. According to the May 13 study, published by the American Medical...

The University of Chicago’s campus.

Back in the classroom — or not: Breaking down Chicago universities’ approaches for the fall

September 9, 2020

Nine days before students were scheduled to move into dorms, Northwestern announced it would require all freshmen and sophomores to go completely virtual in the fall — a short-notice change from the...

Pia Justesen. The human rights lawyer and accessibility advocate published her oral history collection “From the Periphery” in 2019.

Q&A: A conversation with Pia Justesen, human rights lawyer and accessibility advocate

February 17, 2020

In her novel released last October, human rights lawyer and professor Pia Justesen wrote “From the Periphery” to spark a conversation about disability oppression and empowerment.  In her 2019 book,...

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