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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 of drums, a cello, a clarinet, a trumpet and a violin with the title "Battling the Bienen Barriers" on top.

In Focus: Bienen students share experiences, advocate for increased representation and uplifting of Black composers, musicians

June 7, 2021

As Tahirah Whittington, the cellist of all-Black Chicago string quartet D-Composed, flew through a piece by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, her young audience stared in awe. The performance was part of...

Three people stand in front of a worktable containing a schematic drawing, a MacBook laptop and several wires.

“Inclusive Making” course focuses on disabled users in technology maker spaces

April 23, 2021

When McCormick Prof. Marcelo Worsley started teaching “Inclusive Making” in 2017, he wanted to increase technology access to the disability community. LRN SCI 309 educates students on the historical...

With the collaboration of Connections for the Homeless and the Democratic Party of Evanston, Kemone Hendricks is helping people experiencing homelessness register to vote.

Big Ten election panel discusses voter registration and potential election outcomes

October 27, 2020

With one week left before Election Day, scholars spoke at a Big Ten college collaboration webinar to provide a research-based approach to interpreting the 2020 presidential election. The panel, which...

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 28, 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...

Students with their diplomas during commencement in 2019. NU was ranked 9th in National Universities by U.S. News & World Report for the second year in a row.

Seniors’ last quarter on campus cut short due to COVID-19

March 19, 2020

Communication senior Lauren Gold has looked forward to her last Spring Quarter at Northwestern for months. She completed all her coursework by Winter Quarter, so instead of spending hours in the classroom,...

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