Content warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault. U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) introduced legislation Wednesday that would expand training related to sexual assault and domestic violence for law enforcement personnel and emergency medical technicians. The bill, titled ‘Anna’s Law,’ comes in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Numerous Illinois social service organizations have...| The Daily Northwestern
In front of a who’s who of political power players, Mayor Daniel Biss officially launched his reelection campaign Wednesday by lambasting the Trump administration as “obscene” and narrating a greatest-hits retrospective of his first term. The mayor’s stark rhetoric kicked off a lively speech with about 150 supporters in attendance at Double Clutch Brewing Company...| The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern researchers have made notable advancements in medicine and physics in the past week. The Daily compiled a recap of their latest research developments. New microbial therapy slows the progression of vitiligo in mice An NU study found a natural compound derived from gut-friendly bacteria that significantly slows down the progression of vitiligo and may...| The Daily Northwestern
From cold emailing to applying to work with their professor, Northwestern undergraduate students get involved in research labs on campus in a variety of ways. The process can involve applying for grants, fellowship programs or a matching process through the Office of Undergraduate Research. SESP senior Carly Winick joined a psychology lab in the winter...| The Daily Northwestern
From outer space to Northwestern labs, researchers at the University have recently made notable advancements in astrophysics and chemistry. The Daily compiled a recap of their latest research developments. Tracking a fast radio burst to an unlikely galaxy for the first time In collaboration with colleagues at McGill University, NU researchers located and tracked a...| The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern President Michael Schill shared updates on the state of the University with the community amid threats to federal funding at his annual fireside chat on Tuesday. The fireside chat, hosted by the NU Staff Advisory Council, took place in Norris University Center’s McCormick Auditorium and included both a speech from President Schill and a...| The Daily Northwestern
University President Michael Schill addressed the Faculty Senate at its Wednesday meeting on the potential implications of a shifting political landscape ahead of a transition of presidential power this January. In an hourlong appearance before the senate, Schill also addressed budgetary concerns, worries from faculty about international students in the wake of the 2024 election,...| The Daily Northwestern
Around $15 million worth of Northwestern’s grants from the National Science Foundation were identified as promoting DEI and “neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda” by a new U.S. Senate Commerce Committee database released Tuesday. The NSF, a federal agency that funds research in all non-medical fields, has been a historic contributor to NU. University records between 2013...| The Daily Northwestern
On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs and initiatives across the federal government. Northwestern faculty and students are worried about what the executive order means for classrooms and beyond. Although Northwestern is a private institution, it receives federal funding in grants and contracts and...| The Daily Northwestern
From a lakeside pub to a reimagined Deering Library interior, Northwestern’s campus is undergoing a construction transformation — with key projects nearing completion as early as Fall Quarter, said Corbin Smyth, executive director of Norris University Center. The University currently has more than 180 active renovation and construction projects underway, totaling over $2 billion, according...| The Daily Northwestern
Renovations to Deering Library are on track to meet the anticipated September 2025 completion date, Clare Roccaforte, director of marketing and communications for Northwestern University Libraries, wrote in an email to the Daily. Renovations have been underway since June 2024. Throughout the 2025 Spring and Summer Quarters, the Devereaux Foundation Reading Room will be improved...| The Daily Northwestern
No. 1 Northwestern has cruised through the start of this season. The Wildcats (8-0, 0-0 Big Ten) have outscored their opponents 26-2 through eight games. Since 2021, NU has posted a record of 43-2 in non-conference regular-season games. After being ranked first in the NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll for the second straight week,...| The Daily Northwestern
Entering play this weekend, No. 1 Northwestern already flexed an impressive start to its season: an undefeated record, the top spot in the National Coaches Poll and zero goals allowed through four games. All without playing a match at home. Though the Wildcats (6-0, 0-0 Big Ten) beat Louisville 2-1 (OT) and No. 20 Miami...| The Daily Northwestern
It’s Grace Schulze’s world, and we’re just living in it. During No. 1 Northwestern’s 2-0 takedown of No. 8 Boston College, the graduate student forward scored both goals. She has tallied four goals over her first four games as a Wildcat since transferring from Princeton ahead of the season. The Wildcats (4-0, 0-0 Big Ten)...| The Daily Northwestern
No. 1 Northwestern is back on home turf. After opening the season with eight straight road contests, the Wildcats (9-0, 1-0 Big Ten) returned to Lakeside Field Friday. Coach Tracey Fuchs’ squad raised its National Champion banner before it opened Big Ten play against Indiana. The game quickly got away from the Hoosiers (4-5, 0-2...| The Daily Northwestern
University President Michael Schill announced new steps to address antisemitism on campus in his opening remarks before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Thursday morning. Schill said the University will “reconstitute a task force to guide our actions and benefit from the work done by other university task forces,” revise the NU Code...| The Daily Northwestern
More than 700 miles east of Northwestern’s Evanston campus, University President Michael Schill will report to Capitol Hill on Thursday to testify at a hearing before Congress. The proceedings are slated to begin at 9:15 a.m. CDT in the Rayburn House Office Building. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce called Schill and the...| The Daily Northwestern
News outlet Accuracy in Media dispatched a mobile billboard to University President Michael Schill’s residence, Wieboldt House, on Tuesday. The billboard, affixed to a truck, contains a photo of Schill on a red background with the text “Hamas’s favorite university president, Michael Schill.” It also says that it is Schill’s “time to resign.” It links...| The Daily Northwestern
The President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate will cease its work following the Wednesday resignations of seven committee members, the 11 remaining committee members wrote in a Thursday letter to University President Michael Schill and Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris. In the letter, obtained by The Daily, the members write that —...| The Daily Northwestern
The Anti-Defamation League Midwest, StandWithUs and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law called for University President Michael Schill to resign in a Tuesday statement. The reaction comes after Northwestern administrators reached a deal with the NU Divestment Coalition on Monday to deescalate a five-day encampment on Deering Meadow, which the statement...| The Daily Northwestern
Seven members of the President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate stepped down from the committee Wednesday, effective immediately. A letter addressed to University President Michael Schill cited Schill’s decision not to consult the committee on the agreement reached Monday between administrators and the organizers of the pro-Palestinian encampment on Deering Meadow. “It is...| The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern has parted ways with football head coach Pat Fitzgerald, sources familiar with the situation told The Daily. Fitzgerald had previously been suspended for two weeks without pay after the University announced Friday that an independent investigation into the team indicated hazing reports were “largely supported by evidence.” The Daily published reports on Saturday and...| The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern University President Michael Schill believes he may have “erred” in his decision to suspend NU football coach Pat Fitzgerald for two weeks, he wrote in an email to community members Saturday night. Fitzgerald’s suspension came after an investigation into reports of hazing in NU’s football team concluded Friday. After receiving an anonymous complaint from...| The Daily Northwestern
A resolution circulated Monday afternoon by Northwestern’s chapters of Educators for Justice in Palestine, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voice for Peace demands the University protect the civil liberties of pro-Palestine speech and cut ties with Israeli institutions. The resolution, which has garnered more than 940 signatures as of Tuesday evening, comes as...| The Daily Northwestern
With the start of fall quarter Tuesday, Northwestern students embraced more than new class schedules. As they attended the first meetings of their newest courses, students also welcomed the opening of Deering Library after a full year of renovations. Starting in June 2024, Deering underwent renovations to improve study spaces and overall accessibility. The project...| The Daily Northwestern
As Northwestern led Iowa 23-17 late in the first half, freshman guard K.J. Windham caught the ball at the logo with just three seconds to work with on the shot clock. In the five years prior, the Wildcats (16-13, 7-11 Big Ten) would have relied on former guard Boo Buie to provide a spark in...| The Daily Northwestern
After graduate student center Matthew Nicholson boxed out a Hawkeye defender to corral a rebound from Iowa’s fruitless opening possession Friday, sophomore guard Jordan Clayton pushed the ball up the court. Nine passes later, it found its way into the hands of junior forward Nick Martinelli on his way to the rim. He made no...| The Daily Northwestern
In a contest with significant Big Ten Tournament implications hanging in the balance, Northwestern rode a breakout performance from freshman guard K.J. Windham to down Iowa, 68-57. The Wildcats (16-13, 7-11 Big Ten) entered the game with momentum after capturing their first two road wins of the season at Ohio State and Minnesota and continued...| 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
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston), a leading voice among Capitol Hill progressives since the late 1990s, announced Monday she will not seek a 15th term as representative for Illinois’ 9th District, drawing the curtain on a congressional tenure that has spanned over a quarter century. The announcement came at the tail end of her annual...| The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern researchers have investigated everything from astrophysics to impacts of incarceration to “super-agers” over the past decade as the University continues to expand its research programming. The Office for Research announced in September the school has seen a 75% increase in research funding since 2014, and that amount jumped 5% in 2024 alone. Research funding...| The Daily Northwestern
University President Michael Schill sent out an email to the Northwestern community Wednesday afternoon responding to the announcement made Monday evening by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget that ordered a temporary pause on federal financial assistance programs. Though this order was temporarily blocked by a federal judge yesterday afternoon, a White House spokesperson...| The Daily Northwestern
As the Trump administration’s entreaties escalate for federally-funded institutions to strike down diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy is its latest entity to attempt compliance. In the past two months, the Trump administration has launched a litany of attacks — including executive orders and agency memoranda — against DEI...| The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern’s School of Communication, McCormick School of Engineering and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences have taken down their respective web pages related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Executive orders from the Trump administration regarding DEI and federal funding have forced NU to weather the storm of legal uncertainty surrounding central aspects of some of...| The Daily Northwestern
The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the Bienen School of Music joined other Northwestern schools in taking down their diversity, equity and inclusion pages. Medill also removed a website announcing the hiring of Robert Brown on May 20, 2021, as Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Outreach. This follows the Trump...| The Daily Northwestern
The Kellogg School of Management removed its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Pathway from its online list of offerings for MBA students amid nationwide drawbacks from DEI initiatives following President Donald Trump’s executive orders. Trump’s Jan. 21 executive order targets higher education institutions, instructing federal institutions to investigate its DEI initiatives at schools — like NU...| The Daily Northwestern
The Feinberg School of Medicine appears to have scrubbed its web page for its Office of Diversity & Inclusion, the first sign of Northwestern beginning to roll back diversity initiatives amid President Donald Trump’s looming executive orders. The website now shows that the office has been renamed the Office of Health Equity and has been...| The Daily Northwestern
WASHINGTON — University President Michael Schill doubled down on his commitment to combating antisemitism and engaging with pro-Palestinian student activists in his Thursday morning testimony in front of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. University of California, Los Angeles Chancellor Gene Block, Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway and former Brandeis University President Frederick Lawrence...| The Daily Northwestern
Student demonstrators wrapped up negotiations with the University Monday after five days of demonstrations. The University will engage in a number of steps to support Palestinian students and protest on campus in exchange for an end to the encampment established on Deering Meadow Thursday, the University announced Monday. “This agreement was forged by the hard...| The Daily Northwestern
On an emotional Senior Night which saw it bid an early farewell to one of its most successful senior classes in program history, Northwestern fell narrowly short in front of a boisterous Welsh-Ryan Arena, losing to UCLA 73-69. Down 10 points with just a minute to play, the Wildcats (16-14, 7-12 Big Ten) nearly mounted...| 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
Content warning: This article contains mention of hazing, sexual assault and suicidal ideation. A former Northwestern University football player told The Daily some of the hazing conduct investigated by the university involved coerced sexual acts. A second player confirmed these details. The player also told The Daily that head coach Pat Fitzgerald may have known...| The Daily Northwestern