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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 open book, calendar, pencils and paper on a blue table. A stack of green dollar bills branded with a question mark are on the book, and a magnifying glass is laid over the bills.

#OneYearOut, NUGW continues call for funding extensions and worker protections

April 12, 2021

Every morning, Ph.D. student Rose Werth wakes up unsure whether she will feel “paralyzed and overwhelmed” because of the responsibilities that come with her education.  A third-year graduate student,...

Northwestern University Graduate Workers protest in Nov. 2019. “Unions 101: A Political Education Even” educated attendees on the process, history and types of unions.

NUGW hosts event to teach unionization, outline efforts to gain official recognition

November 15, 2020

Northwestern University Graduate Workers detailed ongoing efforts to receive official union recognition at a Friday event attended by about 50. Aimed at educating attendees on the process, history...

Second-year graduate student Zorimar Rivera Montes shows students samples of government-provided food from Puerto Rico. Rivera Montes co-led a teach-in Tuesday focusing on the history of Puerto Rico and the effects of Hurricane Maria.

Faculty, students criticize Trump’s response to hurricane in Puerto Rico

October 19, 2017

Director of the Latina and Latino Studies program Frances Aparicio and second-year graduate student Zorimar Rivera Montes discussed how colonialism affected the response to Hurricane Maria at an educational...

A jet takes off in downtown San Juan, Puerto Rico, where palm trees stand on Oct. 2.. NU student groups are currently fundraising to support Puerto Rico and Mexico following natural disasters.

NU community supports Mexico, Puerto Rico following natural disasters

October 11, 2017

After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico last month, second-year graduate student and Puerto Rico native Zorimar Rivera Montes said she went a week before hearing from her family. “I wasn’t able to...

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