When Weinberg sophomore and Wildcat Animate co-President Lucia Rodriguez Agusti arrived at Northwestern, she had one goal in mind: to find fellow animation enthusiasts. But, despite the thriving film community on campus, Rodriguez Agusti didn’t find a space dedicated to animation, the art form that had inspired her since childhood. “I’ve been watching cartoons all... The post Wildcat Animate brings Northwestern animators together frame by frame appeared first on The Daily Northwestern.| The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern faces an existential crisis. The Trump administration’s freezing of $790 million in research funds strikes the very heart of NU’s identity as a center of vital research. Board of Trustees chair Peter Barris and interim President Henry S. Bienen said the University will continue funding critical research at least until the end of this... The post Letter to the Editor: NU must sacrifice Ryan Field funding to preserve vital research appeared first on The Daily Northwestern.| The Daily Northwestern
In Today’s Crossword, 56-Down, 5 Letters: Statues guarding the Art Institute of Chicago The post Weekly Crossword: Mind The Gap appeared first on The Daily Northwestern.| The Daily Northwestern
I am not Palestinian or Jewish, but I can still divide my four years at Northwestern into the time before and after Oct. 7, 2023. With whatever perspective I have now as a senior humanities student preparing to confront an increasingly authoritarian world, I believe that day was the moment when we as students had... The post Letter to the Editor: Students, use your voice or lose your university appeared first on The Daily Northwestern.| The Daily Northwestern
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board President Sergio Hernandez stepped down from his leadership position at a special board meeting to discuss school closure scenarios Tuesday morning. Sandwiched between the federal indictment of former Superintendent Devon Horton on 17 counts of wire fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion and the district’s deliberations over school closure scenarios, Hernandez’s... The post D65 Board President Sergio Hernandez resigns leadership role amid Horton indic...| The Daily Northwestern
Early Monday morning, economics and history Prof. Joel Mokyr noticed a missed phone call from a +46 dialing code. That missed call originated from a Swedish number and was meant to inform him that he had won half of the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. In front of... The post Northwestern celebrates newly minted Nobel Prize winner Prof. Joel Mokyr at Monday press conference appeared first on The Daily Northwestern.| The Daily Northwestern
The Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum, in partnership with Evanston Township High School, hosted its second annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Powwow at the school’s Willie May Field House Monday afternoon. Gichigamiin Executive Director Kim Vigue, a citizen of the Oneida Nation and descendant of the Menominee Nation, said the idea to host a powwow at ETHS... The post Indigenous Peoples’ Day Powwow celebrates advancements for Chicago-area Native American communities appeared first on ...| The Daily Northwestern
In a lengthy discussion of Evanston’s proposed 2026 budget and proposed 2026 Capital Improvement Plan on Monday, councilmembers expressed hesitance toward raising property taxes for the first time in five years. This was the first time City Council discussed the proposed budget, which city staff released on Oct. 6. Council aims to pass the 2026... The post Councilmembers hesitant to raise property taxes for proposed 2026 budget appeared first on The Daily Northwestern.| The Daily Northwestern
Getting an abstract into the annual conference for the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, a professional organization for neurosurgeons, is no easy feat for residents or attending physicians. An undergraduate getting a piece of research in is almost unheard of. Despite these odds, two posters summarizing research conducted by Weinberg sophomore Sepehr Khavari were accepted and... The post Northwestern sophomore to present two research posters at prestigious neuroscience conference appeared fi...| The Daily Northwestern
Members of the Northwestern Hillel community gathered on Foster-Walker Complex Lawn Monday afternoon to celebrate the return of Israeli hostages from Hamas. The return comes after Israel and Hamas agreed to the “first phase” of President Donald Trump’s proposal to pause the fighting of the Israel-Hamas war last week. Hamas released the remaining 20 living...| The Daily Northwestern
