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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Several Northwestern professors are piloting Canvas, a learning management system, in their classes this quarter. The system is one potential replacement for Blackboard, which NU has used since 1999.

Northwestern profs pilot potential Blackboard replacement

November 4, 2013

Northwestern has established a program piloting potential replacements for Blackboard, its course management system since 1999. In Fall 2012, NU’s Education Technology Advisory Committee discussed...

Kaplan survey: Admissions officers expect new MCAT to be tougher on students

October 28, 2013

Northwestern students taking the Medical College Admission Test in 2015 may want to start studying soon. More than 40 percent of medical school admissions officers expect the new version of the MCAT...

Professor highlights sexuality of Mexican immigrants in talk

October 24, 2013

A talk by a Northwestern professor on Wednesday touched upon two hotbed issues at once: immigration and sexuality. Sociology and gender studies Prof. Hector Carrillo spoke at an event titled “Intersecting...

Angie Epifano talks about the culture surrounding sexual violence on college campuses. Epifano gained national attention after an account she wrote about her own experience with sexual assault went viral.

Author of viral article recounting sexual assault experience speaks at Northwestern

October 16, 2013

The former Amherst College student whose account of her rape went viral last year had a clear message for Northwestern students Tuesday night: There are no blurred lines between sexual assault and consensual...

Communication students produce stop-motion film on Soviet space dog Laika

October 9, 2013

Communication juniors Brad Leyden and Tom Mason are pushing the boundaries of traditional Northwestern films with their upcoming project, “Chasing Stars.”  The work uses stop-motion to depict Laika,...

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