Amid political crackdowns on research mentioning diversity and other flagged terms, Northwestern faculty are grappling with the federal government’s challenges to academic freedom and free speech. Before the Trump administration froze $790 million in federal funding for NU Tuesday, the government had already slashed at least 700 National Institute of Health grants, at least 12...| The Daily Northwestern
Several current and former Northwestern students’ visas have been terminated by the Department of Homeland Security, a University spokesperson confirmed to The Daily. The spokesperson said the University learned of the terminations during a recent check of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System. The University routinely monitors the status of NU’s international students using...| The Daily Northwestern
Alen Takhsh, a practicing immigration lawyer in Evanston, immigrated to the United States from Iran in 1992. He established Takhsh Law P.C. in 2011, and since then, he has helped Evanston residents, including a number of Northwestern students, with legal challenges related to immigration. The Daily sat down with Takhsh to discuss his advice for...| The Daily Northwestern
Debates on college campuses’ political influence in President Donald Trump’s America dominated the discussion at a Northwestern University Graduate Workers’ workshop Monday afternoon at their downtown Evanston office. The teach-in, hosted by NUGW’s Solidarity Committee and facilitated by NUGW History Department Steward John Pollard, delved into the little-known 1971 Powell Memo, which American jurist and...| The Daily Northwestern
