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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


University President Michael Schill speaks behind a lectern on a field.

Q&A: University President Michael Schill discusses federal funding freeze, antisemitism on campus, student visa uncertainty

June 4, 2025

Just four months since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, Northwestern has faced a $790 million federal funding freeze, student visa uncertainty and the federal government’s crackdown...

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Northwestern Faculty Senate joins Big Ten peers, signs Mutual Defense Compact

May 8, 2025

Northwestern’s Faculty Senate voted to sign an amended version of the Mutual Defense Compact signed by faculty senates at several Big Ten Academic Alliance universities at its meeting Wednesday evening. First...

A protester talks into a megaphone at the encampment.

The Daily Explains: Where progress on the Deering Meadow Agreement stands, one year later

April 30, 2025

About this time last year, Northwestern administrators and student demonstrators reached an agreement to end the pro-Palestinian encampment on Deering Meadow under several conditions. This agreement...

Northwestern Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris speaks to an audience including University President Michael Schill, the Faculty Senate and meeting attendees.

Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris addresses Faculty Senate day after news of funding freeze

April 10, 2025

Northwestern Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris heard news that surprised him Tuesday night, even after 24 years as a trustee: the Trump administration had frozen $790 million in federal funding for...

The Faculty Senate’s Non-Tenure Eligible Committee is currently investigating the current faculty appointment process and trying to reduce single-year appointments, according to committee Chair and Communication Prof. Catherine Fabian.

Faculty Senate calls for budget transparency, increased oversight of faculty investigations

February 13, 2025

As Northwestern’s Faculty Senate concluded a 15-minute small-group discussion period Wednesday evening, each table came to approximately the same conclusion: NU needs more transparency from its administration...

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