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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


Obama administration announces final Clery Act changes

October 21, 2014

The Obama administration announced Friday final changes to the Clery Act that will increase the reporting requirements for crimes on college campuses. The changes require colleges that receive federal...

Source: NU Annual Security & Fire Safety Report

Campus sexual assault reports up in 2013

October 16, 2014

Reports of rape and sexual assault at Northwestern rose to eight last year, according to the University’s annual safety statistics. The number, which NU made public in its 2014 Annual Security and...

Northwestern will use a federal grant it received Friday to hire a staff member to work with male sexual assault survivors at the Center for Awareness, Response and Education, located in Searle Hall.

Northwestern receives federal grant to fight sexual assault

September 19, 2014

Northwestern received Friday a nearly $300,000 federal grant, which it will use to expand its sexual assault prevention efforts and create a new position to work with male-focused student groups. The...

Northwestern to update policy after proposed rule about sexual assault statistics

June 28, 2014

Northwestern officials say they are prepared to comply with a new rule proposed by the White House under the Violence Against Women Act that would require colleges to compile statistics for incidents of...

Joan Slavin, director of the Sexual Harassment Prevention Office, discusses Northwestern’s policy on sexual assault at a panel earlier this month with members of NU’s Title IX Coordinating Committee. Slavin said in an email to The Daily on Tuesday the University will consider the White House’s recommendations on fighting campus sexual assault in its own practices.

Northwestern to ‘closely examine’ White House sexual assault recommendations

April 29, 2014

In response to the White House's release Tuesday of detailed recommendations for how colleges should react to sexual assault on campus, Northwestern officials said the University's current sexual assault...

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