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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


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A dozen Northwestern staff members’ titles changed to exclude DEI across undergraduate, graduate schools

April 9, 2025

At least a dozen Northwestern staff members’ titles across both undergraduate and graduate schools were changed to exclude references to diversity, equity and inclusion, an analysis by The Daily found. The...

A University spokesperson told The Daily that the University has taken measures to not “over-enroll any of our PhD programs while maintaining full class sizes.”

McCormick latest to defer enrollment for some prospective graduate students

April 5, 2025

At least one McCormick School of Engineering graduate program was told by Northwestern officials to defer the enrollment of its outstanding offers for students after closing in on its target enrollment...

NU leaders across the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Feinberg School of Medicine have already delayed the enrollment of some prospective students until 2026.

Northwestern directs some graduate programs to cap class sizes, defer enrollments

April 2, 2025

Late last month, Northwestern officials directed some of the University’s graduate programs to cap their incoming class sizes by deferring enrollment for applicants who had yet to accept their admission...

Adithya Upadhya, a third-year math Ph.D. candidate, said the University views graduate students as “expendable resources” and isn’t thinking about the harm funding cuts bring to students.

‘How much are we willing to fight?’: International graduate students navigate visa renewals after funding cuts

October 8, 2024

Adithya Upadhya, a third-year math Ph.D. candidate, said he chose to pursue a math degree because he couldn’t see himself doing anything else.  The Bengaluru, India, native said he was drawn to Northwestern...

Open Letter: Northwestern, pay your advanced graduate workers!

Open Letter: Northwestern, pay your advanced graduate workers!

May 28, 2024

Dear President Schill, Provost Hagerty, Dean Mayo and Dean Randolph, “Northwestern deeply values the contributions that graduate students make to its research and teaching missions” — this is...

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