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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

An illustration, all in purple, depicts two hands, one filling out a testing bubble sheet with a pencil.

State university admissions go test-optional to increase enrollment and diversity

January 21, 2022

Illinois public universities will use test-optional admissions as of Jan. 1, a change enacted by the Higher Education Fair Admissions Act.  Illinois follows several states and university systems in...

Evanston implemented a stay-at-home advisory beginning on Monday morning.

New York Times puts NU at 37th most COVID-19 cases out of 270 colleges

August 5, 2020

More than 6,600 coronavirus cases have been linked to colleges in the United States, including Northwestern, the New York Times reported in a July 29 article. Listing 41 cases affiliated with NU, the...

The new American Indian Health Service of Chicago clinic. “Our new clinic … took years to advance due to limited funds from the Indian Health Service,” Unabia said in an email. “Sadly, with two full time providers on staff, we have already outgrown this clinic.”

Native Americans in Chicago chart a 15 percent COVID-19 mortality rate — but the city hasn’t released that information

June 22, 2020

COVID-19 is killing the American Indian residents of Chicago at disproportionately high rates, but the city has chosen to keep those statistics under wraps. RoxAnne Unabia, interim executive director...

University President Morton Schapiro on CNBC’s The Exchange. Schapiro said Northwestern is exploring possibilities to safely open campus for the fall.

How Northwestern’s peer schools are planning for the fall

April 29, 2020

In a Tuesday interview with CNBC’s The Exchange, University President Morton Schapiro said while he would like to open campus for Fall Quarter, safety concerns regarding COVID-19 will determine whether...

Following standardized test cancellations, Class of 2021 faces uncertain college process

Following standardized test cancellations, Class of 2021 faces uncertain college process

April 26, 2020

On April 4, Evanston Township High School junior Ellie Gavelek was scheduled to take the ACT for the first time. Ten days later, on April 14, Gavelek and hundreds of other ETHS juniors were supposed to...

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