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Evanston is a city defined by its civic engagement. Through spirited debates, community members spent the past year navigating major questions about the city’s future, ranging from its congressional representation and housing policy to the future of Evanston/Skokie School District 65.  As you begin your time at Northwestern, here are five stories to help you...

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After more than two decades at NBC News, Peter Alexander (Medill ’98) will join MS NOW with his new show, “State of Play with Peter Alexander,” debuting Monday and airing weekdays at 11 a.m. E.T. The Daily sat down with Alexander to discuss how his time at Northwestern prepared him to be a journalist covering...

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Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern ...

Before touring Northwestern’s campus on an unseasonably brisk afternoon in April 2024, my mom relayed one message: “Unless you hate it, Evanston is where you’ll be spending the next four years.” At the time, I bristled at how matter-of-factly she reduced the biggest decision of my life to a simple equation. Chicago was one flight...

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ROLE MODEL opens his third studio album by declaring that he is “deserving of something real, something true someday soon.” “Chuck’s Mantra” is the first track on the singer-songwriter’s “Chuck Timely & The Hourglass,” which dropped Friday. The song encapsulates the album at its core: an emotional rollercoaster about time passing, the anxiety of aging...

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CHICAGO — Northwestern coach David Braun proudly declared a new era for the Wildcats at Big Ten Media Days on July 30. Braun and three players represented NU at the final day of Big Ten Media Days. He delivered a 15-minute opening statement and fielded questions from journalists later in the day. “We have expectations...

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After nearly three years of meetings, conversations and workshops, a new mural at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center in Evanston’s 5th Ward was unveiled Friday afternoon. The mural project was led by arts and education nonprofit ARTSiE and created by Alfonso “Piloto” Nieves Ruiz and Andrew Walker III, but Evanston’s 5th Ward residents were at the...

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