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Author and journalist Stephen Witt discussed his new book, “The Thinking Machine: How Nvidia Created the AI Revolution,” and detailed how it reimagines the emergence of artificial intelligence in a Wednesday event. At the book’s center is Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who spearheaded the organization’s powerful shift from a video game hardware company to what...

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University of Michigan Prof. Sarah Koch talked about the math behind the classic card game Spot it! in a Wednesday speaker event at Lunt Hall. Koch taught around 40 attendees about the game’s relation to deeper questions in combinatorics, a mathematical field that studies combinations, as part of the math department’s Undergraduate Colloquium. As the...

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When Jayden Reid first stepped onto the court Wednesday night, four minutes of gametime had already elapsed. It was the first time in the junior guard’s Northwestern career that he came in off the bench.  But Reid swiftly took advantage of the time to observe his opponent, and once he got onto the floor, coach...

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Gamma Phi Beta is returning to campus this winter and looking to recruit its first class of new members in four years. Panhellenic Association winter recruitment marks the house’s official return to campus since its suspension in 2020, and anyone who rushes later this week will meet Gamma Phi Beta during round one of primary...

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Two years ago, Brianna Sylver, founder and president of Sylver Consulting, started using artificial intelligence for one initial reason — curiosity.  Sylver said she was first exposed to ChatGPT at a work conference, where the software piqued her interest. She began to wonder how her company could innovate with AI. According to a 2025 report...

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Evanston will soon have a new spot for jazz aficionados and casual listeners alike. Slated to open as early as late spring, Local Note, a jazz club located on 1716 Sherman Ave., aims to expand the city’s live music scene. Kurt Schauer doesn’t have the typical background of a jazz club owner. Having received his...

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Go, a game that originated in China more than 4,000 years ago, has found its way to Illinois. Evanston resident Mark Rubenstein first encountered the game during the 1970s while living in Rogers Park, when he saw people playing it at a coffee shop called No Exit Café. “Even though I didn’t know what I...

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The Daily Northwestern · Rapid Recap: City Council rejects funding for Choice Authentic, files Environmental Equity Investigation In the first meeting of 2026, the Evanston City Council rejected funding for Choice Authentic, amended the “Vacation Rental” ordinance and filed the Environmental Equity Investigation final report. [music] NANCY FLOY: If we don’t have enough money to...

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On Nov. 18, Weinberg senior Ethan Barnes received a call that he was one of 43 students to receive the United Kingdom’s prestigious Marshall Scholarship.  Barnes, a transfer student from Dickinson College, is one of 30 students in Northwestern’s history to receive the Marshall Scholarship. The award comes seven months after he earned the Truman...

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Chicago 50th Ward Committeeperson Bruce Leon withdrew from the race to represent Illinois’ 9th Congressional District on Tuesday, backing former FBI agent and hostage negotiator Phil Andrew. “We live in a time where people with differing opinions have stopped talking. Civility is low and threats are high,” Leon wrote in a Tuesday evening news release...

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While Northwestern feasted on the energy of a buzzing Welsh-Ryan Arena for much of the first half, the size and versatility of No. 13 Illinois eventually proved too much for the Wildcats (8-9, 0-6 Big Ten) in Wednesday’s 79-68 rivalry loss. NU, who had won its last three games against the Fighting Illini (14-3, 5-1...

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Anyone who tells you that Northwestern’s new football stadium is historic is severely underselling it. It will be the first time that a Big Ten stadium will be built since Minnesota’s Huntington Bank Stadium in 2009, and the second time since Indiana changed venues in 1960.  Historically, Big Ten teams prefer to stay put and...

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Northwestern lacrosse is taking over the national stage in 2026.  On top of hosting the 2026 Division I Women’s Lacrosse Tournament Championships, the Wildcats and Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium will host the second annual “Lacrosse Day in Chicago” on April 4, NU Athletics announced Wednesday. NU will take on USC in a doubleheader...

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Nathaniel Foster is a student at the School of Professional Studies and writer of Ducks Dan and Dave. He can be contacted at NathanielFoster2027@u.northwestern.edu. Lia Kim is the illustrator for Ducks Dan and Dave and is not associated with Northwestern. The views expressed in this piece do not necessarily reflect the views of all staff members...

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One week back at school, and I’m noticing a vicious cycle beginning to occur in my life.  At night, my friends go into Chicago to have fun and make memories, while I keep going to bed. Then, in the morning, I feel guilty for not having fun the night before, but not enough to go...

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Content warning: This story contains discussion of assault, medical mistreatment and sexual assault. Danielle, a nurse at Greenwood Care, was two hours into an October night shift at the Evanston residential mental health facility when staff discovered a patient who appeared injured. The patient, who was in the hallway getting water, was covered in bruises,...

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In almost three decades of working in childcare, Toddler Town Children’s Learning Academy Executive Director Angelo Nikolov said he’s never seen uncertainty like this — a federal funding freeze that could strip $1 billion from Illinois childcare providers. Now, he’s worried about what the loss of that money might mean for his employees and the families...

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When they first saw the red X painted over the likeness of the transgender flag on The Rock Jan. 6, sixth-year English Ph.D. candidate Smith Yarberry said they “immediately” stopped walking. “Something felt really off, and that visual cue, especially on a memorial for a trans student, just felt like something was wrong up there,”...

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In 2015, POLITICO Magazine dubbed Evanston “The Suburb That Tried To Kill the Car.” A decade later, a new state law targeting parking minimums has forced the city to confront its development priorities once again.  Beginning in June, Illinois’ People Over Parking Act will eliminate parking minimums for new developments within one-half mile of transit...

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City Council filed the final report of the city’s Evanston Environmental Equity Investigation at its first meeting of the year. The EEI is a 137-page document outlining the history of environmental injustice across different areas in Evanston, focusing on issues related to housing and development, transportation, community services and open spaces. It also details recommended...

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