Jerry Wu

3 weeks ago | dailynorthwestern.com | Jerry Wu

Northwestern administrative leaders, donors and alumni gathered at the Kellogg Global Hub Wednesday to celebrate the groundbreaking of the business school’s new building in Evanston, which will replace the now-demolished Allen Center. Slated for completion by Fall 2027, the building will serve as the cornerstone of Kellogg’s $600 million Full Circle fundraising campaign to elevate its global standing in business education.

3 weeks ago | dailynorthwestern.com | Jerry Wu

Skip to Content May 14, 2025 While the Trump administration has sought to punish Northwestern over concerns about antisemitism on campus, the University has been busy trying to quell flames on Capitol Hill. During the first quarter of 2025, from January through March, NU’s lobbying spending surged to over $600,000. That figure represents the highest quarterly lobbying expenditure by the University in the last decade.

1 month ago | dailynorthwestern.com | Jerry Wu

May 9, 2025 The Feinberg School of Medicine announced the closures of nearly a dozen research centers, along with a merger, in late April as a result of a faculty-led review conducted in the winter, according to an email obtained by The Daily. The changes were effective immediately, shuttering research hubs that focused on molecular cardiology, biomedical informatics and health equity transformation.

1 month ago | dailynorthwestern.com | Jerry Wu

Since returning to office, President Donald Trump’s administration has frozen millions in federal funding for universities nationwide as part of its pressure campaign on higher education. Northwestern, joining a slate of other elite universities, quickly found itself caught in the administration’s crosshairs last month. The Trump administration has already frozen $790 million in federal funding for NU because of ongoing federal antisemitism investigations.

1 month ago | dailynorthwestern.com | Jerry Wu

Skip to Content May 1, 2025 Northwestern confirmed recent cases of grant terminations, payment suspensions and stop-work orders tied to a $790 million federal funding freeze announced last month in a Thursday email from university administrators to the campus community. The University still has not received official notice from the government about the freeze, according to the email.