Being a university president is a difficult job: They must act as a politician, professor and entrepreneur all at once. As Northwestern has come under fire from the federal government, it’s become all the more challenging. I can’t see why anyone would want the job. Nevertheless, the institution must push on with its search for... The post Talia’s Take: What I want from the next Northwestern president appeared first on The Daily Northwestern.| The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern’s 15-year partnership with AmeriCorps’ early education program, Jumpstart, came to an end in May because of federal budget cuts. The Jumpstart program partnered with universities across the country, bringing university students into local preschools in underserved communities to implement literacy curricula. NU students who are Federal Work-Study eligible worked with preschoolers to improve their... The post Community Connect Schools expands partnerships after Jumpstart disco...| The Daily Northwestern
Among many posters lining the walls of Northwestern’s dorms and dining spaces, a brightly colored Grounding for Public Service flyer stands out at first glance. What many students do not see is the community that lies beyond the poster, meeting Tuesdays in Parkes Hall. At weekly meetings, students in GPS gather over dinner, sourced from... The post Food for thought: Grounding for Public Service fosters community connections, discussions over dinner appeared first on The Daily Northwestern.| The Daily Northwestern
Instead of memorization and lectures in classrooms, SESP Prof. Jen Munson, who studies learning science, envisions a transformation in primary education where young students learn from games and fun activities, finding math along the way. Munson received the CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation with a $815,789 fund across five years, Northwestern announced Oct.... The post SESP Prof. Jen Munson scores $815,789 grant to fund fun-first mathematics spaces at local elementary schoo...| The Daily Northwestern
Content warning: This article mentions domestic violence. Purple tote bags stuffed with colorful brochures detailing fair housing resources, informational posters on legal aid for abuse survivors and graphics showing options for trauma-focused therapy hung from the shoulders of resource fair attendees as they made their way down rows of brightly-clad tables on the second floor... The post CommUNITY Resource Fair rallies community organizations to raise awareness for domestic violence surviv...| The Daily Northwestern
In the 85th minute of Northwestern’s Big Ten Tournament first-round matchup with USC, the Wildcats (9-3-7, 4-2-5 Big Ten) had weathered forty minutes of second-half pressure, losing territory as the Trojans (7-7-3, 4-5-2 Big Ten) pelted their goal and contained their attack with a disciplined offside trap. As a 0-0 nail-biter drifted toward extra time,... The post Women’s Soccer: Norkett’s late strike stuns USC in 1-0 Big Ten Tournament first round win appeared first on The Daily Nort...| The Daily Northwestern
Senior Dianna Lee secured the individual stroke play title before No. 23 Northwestern fell to No. 3 Oregon in the finals of a rainy East Lake Cup in Atlanta from Monday to Wednesday. Inclement weather cut the tournament’s opening stroke play portion to just nine holes, in which Lee was one of two players to... The post Women’s Golf: Lee wins individual title as Northwestern loses East Lake Cup final to No. 3 Oregon appeared first on The Daily Northwestern.| The Daily Northwestern
Welcome to Recaptured — a weekly roundup of The Daily’s photojournalism, featuring our reporters’ most memorable moments. This week’s Recaptured includes a Performative Male Contest, South Asian Student Alliance’s Festival of Lights, and field hockey clinching the Big Ten title. Email: photo@dailynorthwestern.com Related Stories: — Recaptured: Evanston ‘No Kings’ Protest, Night at the Art... The post Recaptured: Performative Male Contest, pumpkin carving at Norris and My Mo...| The Daily Northwestern
If Goodreads fell in love and had a baby with Yelp, it would be the food reviewing app Beli. And oddly enough, Beli is actually the result of a love story. App creators Judy Thelen and Eliot Frost met in New York City after finishing their respective undergraduate degrees, developing their relationship around trying new...| The Daily Northwestern
A creative prayer resource for individuals and groups. Picture the world of the persecuted church,pray for Christians who pay a price for following Jesus,reflect on what it means for us to count the cost of faith. Following Jesus is costly – but worth it. Every day, around the world, our persecuted church family count the […] The post Counting the Cost appeared first on Open Doors UK & Ireland.| Open Doors UK & Ireland
Hindu nationalism is on the rise in parts of Nepal. Open Doors partners recently equipped and encouraged the church in Nepal with persecution survival training, thanks to your gifts and prayers.| Open Doors UK & Ireland
While promoting weight loss, popular high-fat diets like keto could unintentionally feed tumors and worsen outcomes for breast cancer patients or survivors with obesity| @theU
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"Finding relatable examples is a vital science communication skill for teaching and presenting research findings, but I didn’t learn to do it through science. I learned it through dancing."| @theU
The academy will allow high school students, ages 14-18, to discover everything the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute has to offer.| @theU
October is the peak of a new season. For crisp autumn mornings and falling leaves in the breeze, Red Butte Garden is the place to be.| @theU
PapB 'ties off' peptides, paving way for stronger, longer-lasting versions of medications used to treat obesity and diabetes.| @theU
This pivotal appointment signals the university’s commitment to artificial intelligence, research and innovation at scale.| @theU
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 Daily Northwestern
Opinion Contributor Richard Reif discusses funding cuts to research and why the University should reconsider the New Ryan Field development.| The Daily Northwestern
Opinion Contributor Emerson Steady responds to op-eds from Talia Winiarsky and Jeff Rice and explains her support for boycotting the 'anti-bias' training.| 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 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 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 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 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 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
Colin Jost’s over-the-top portrayal of Trump’s “Secretary of War” left audiences howling — and MAGA fuming. Saturday Night Live kicked off its 51st season with a bang — and a body slam aimed straig…| Chronology
A recognized trailblazer in heart surgery, Nelson was an alum of the U and led the school’s cardiothoracic program for nearly 20 years.| attheu.utah.edu
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
Researchers discovered that the costs of using too few or too many resources strongly influence dietary diversity in wild woodrats, complicating how we think about...| attheu.utah.edu
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
After more than two decades as a staple of late-night comedy, Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been suspended indefinitely by ABC. The move, announced just days after he mocked President Donald Trump and hi…| Chronology
While debates over stadium construction and vacation rentals dominated Monday night’s City Council meeting, councilmembers also looked to ensure its residents are protected against the impending presence of federal immigration agents. Earlier that day, the city warned of agents arriving in the city in the “coming days” as part of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s...| The Daily Northwestern
Federal immigration agents are likely to come to Evanston in the “coming days,” the city said in a statement Monday morning. City officials were made aware of the possibility this weekend, according to the statement. “In Evanston, we welcome our immigrant and refugee neighbors and protect each other,” the statement said. “The City has not...| The Daily Northwestern
On New Year’s Day 2021, five days shy of a day that would live in infamy in American history and fundamentally reshape her political career, former U.S. Representative Liz Cheney was visiting her family. She was discussing President Donald Trump’s political challenges to the certification of 2020 electoral results with her father, former Republican Vice...| The Daily Northwestern
This review contains spoilers. The premise of R.F. Kuang’s sixth novel, “Katabasis,” sounds like a BookTok dream: a dark academia enemies-to-lovers fantasy that’s part Dante’s “Inferno” and part campus satire. The novel follows two alternative universe-Cambridge Ph.D. students, Alice and Peter, who must put aside their academic rivalry and journey through Hell to rescue their...| The Daily Northwestern
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. Last updated Sept. 2 at 9:46 a.m. Northwestern Prof. Nina Kraus was reported missing in Evanston after going for a walk alone Monday morning, according to the Evanston Police Department. Kraus was last seen leaving her home at approximately 9 a.m.,...| The Daily Northwestern
Content Warning: This op-ed contains mentions of gun violence and death. The scene was tragically familiar: In the wake of a devastating school shooting, a politician spoke near the site of the incident and called for increasing gun control as a way to prevent similar tragedies in the future. “Every child in America deserves these...| The Daily Northwestern
No. 1 Northwestern stepped onto the field for its season-opening trial at Richmond on Sunday with 10 of its 11 starters returning from last season’s roster. For a Wildcat (1-0, 0-0 Big Ten) squad vying for a fifth-straight national championship appearance at the end of its fresh campaign, keeping last year’s successful rotation as intact...| The Daily Northwestern
NEW ORLEANS – Northwestern only needed one play from scrimmage to show what kind of fight it would put up against Tulane. On the first snap of the game, Tulane linebacker Harvey Dyson easily beat graduate student left tackle Caleb Tiernan and forced a fumble off a blind-side sack of graduate student quarterback Preston Stone. ...| The Daily Northwestern
Coach David Braun didn’t shy away from the quality of Northwestern’s week 1 opponent before his team ventured to the Big Easy to face Tulane. Commending the Green Wave as a potentially playoff-caliber team, Braun said in his weekly press conference he was “excited” about the progress his group had made over the last year...| The Daily Northwestern
On a Friday night when even the brisk weather indicated it’s due time for fall sports to commence, fans scattered throughout the bleachers of Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, sporting sweatshirts as they watched the Wildcats (2-0-1, 0-0 Big Ten) tie Loyola Chicago 1-1 under the lights. Headed into the game’s final 10 minutes...| The Daily Northwestern
It’s no secret that the transfer portal has fundamentally changed the landscape of college sports. Coach David Braun and his staff have adapted accordingly throughout his tenure, and the 2025 rendition of the Northwestern football roster shows that. For the first time in the transfer portal era, the Wildcats saw more players transfer in than...| The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern underwent an expansive offseason overhaul, adding 35 signees and transfers. With the additions, fans have lots of new names to learn ahead of Saturday’s season opener at Tulane. But new roster additions are not the only players to get excited about. The Wildcats return impact players on both sides of the ball and are...| The Daily Northwestern
After more than two years of organizing, a majority of Northwestern postdoctoral researchers and research associates voted to form a union represented by the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. The union election, moderated by the National Labor Relations Board, took place on Aug. 25 and 26. The NLRB counted 515 individuals who...| The Daily Northwestern
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On the eve of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a storm that killed more than 1,800 Americans and caused $161 billion in destruction, a chilling warning has landed in Congress. Employees i…| Chronology
New York City politics has rarely seen a power shift this dramatic — or this fast.Just two months ago, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani was the progressive outsider fighting uphill against the most po…| Chronology
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans aren’t chanting “repeal and replace” anymore — but they may have just pulled off the most sweeping rollback of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) sin…| Chronology
President Donald Trump is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15 — the first time the Russian leader will set foot in the United States in a decade, and a move drawing …| Chronology
In a dramatic escalation of his ongoing campaign to remake the global semiconductor industry in America’s image, former President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the immediate resignation of In…| Chronology
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
Northwestern denied tenure to Medill Prof. Steven Thrasher and plans not to renew his position in August 2026, Medill Dean Charles Whitaker informed Thrasher on March 12. In a Thursday news release, Thrasher accused Medill of targeting him for his participation in the April 2024 pro-Palestinian encampment, at which Thrasher formed a line between police...| The Daily Northwestern
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INDIANAPOLIS — For the second consecutive year, Northwestern’s hopes of a program-first Big Ten Tournament title were dashed by No. 18 Wisconsin Thursday. Following an eight-point win over Minnesota in their previous showing, the Wildcats (17-16, 7-13 Big Ten) returned to Gainbridge Fieldhouse for a second-round matchup with the Badgers (24-8, 13-7 Big Ten), but...| The Daily Northwestern
INDIANAPOLIS — In the early moments of Northwestern’s season opener, junior forward Nick Martinelli received a post entry pass, spun past a defender and effortlessly laid in a left-handed shot off the glass to thrust a 4-0 lead over Lehigh. “That is in his bag,” NBC commentator Paul Burmeister exclaimed, encapsulating the smooth finesse of...| The Daily Northwestern
When I was in seventh grade, I asked my dad to wake me up twice a week when he went to the gym in our building’s basement so I could run on the treadmill. Back then, I was wildly insecure about my body and thought working out might help me overcome that. I had it...| The Daily Northwestern
As an Air Force veteran (1964-1968), I reacted to Jeff Walsh’s letter with shared anger and sympathy, even though the circumstances of our military service differ greatly. I served in the military by obligation during the Vietnam draft era. I joined the Air Force to avoid being drafted by the Army. Mr. Walsh joined the...| The Daily Northwestern
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As nightfall, a steady breeze off Lake Michigan and a rambunctious rabbit struck Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, Northwestern faced off with a familiar conference foe Friday night — a Duke squad that had gotten the better of the hosts in five consecutive meetings. While the Wildcats (1-1, 0-0 Big Ten) led into the...| The Daily Northwestern
When Northwestern took the field at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, last September, coach David Braun’s squad was fresh off a commanding 38-7 win over UTEP. Then-No. 21 Duke flipped the script as the sun set, with a 38-14 win over its Big Ten foe. This year, the Blue Devils (1-0, 0-0 ACC)...| The Daily Northwestern
Following last season’s 38-14 Durham drubbing at Duke, Northwestern reached a significant inflection point, winning seven of its last 10 games in 2023 and seismically shifting the program’s trajectory into the coach David Braun era. At his Monday press conference, Braun called the Sept. 16 loss a “wake-up call” for him as a coach. “The...| The Daily Northwestern
