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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


Election anxiety has been a headline for presidential elections going back decades. However, it has been on the rise in more recent years.

How to cope with election anxiety, according to science

November 3, 2024

Americans consistently indicate politics as a major source of stress in their lives, and 69% of U.S. adults report the 2024 presidential election is a “significant source of stress,” according to the...

Nick Diakopoulos, along with about 12 other Ph.D. and undergraduate students, design and collaborate on an array of self-curated research projects.

Computational Journalism Lab combines technology, news distribution research

April 25, 2024

Communication Prof. Nick Diakopoulos grew up in a family of journalists. His father spent years working at The Providence Journal in Rhode Island, and his older brother also shared industry experience....

LTE: Ryan Field and the Costs of Inequity

LTE: Ryan Field and the Costs of Inequity

May 17, 2023

  As faculty members and sports fans, we have followed the conversations about rebuilding Ryan Field with a mix of interest and uncertainty. So far, debates surrounding the proposed redesign...

The photo is of the brick McCormick Journalism Center, showing the name of the building.

New Medill scholarship memorializes social justice reporter and alum Darran Simon

January 12, 2022

Medill’s newest scholarship for graduate students dedicated to social justice reporting honors renowned journalist Darran Simon (Medill ’04), who died in April 2020.  Once the Darran Simon Memorial...

A close-up view of the Weber Arch.

NU faces lawsuit for improperly capturing and storing students’ biometric data

February 18, 2021

Northwestern is facing a lawsuit accusing the University of capturing and storing students' biometric identifiers — such as their facial features and voices — through online test proctoring tools.  The...

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