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1 week ago | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Dov Elul |Finian Hazen |Nineth Kanieski Koso |Isaiah Steinberg
Why are student visas being taken away? What is going on with the Trump administration and the $790 million funding freeze? When will Deering Library reopen? The Daily answers these questions and recaps other top stories from the last week. DOV WEINSTEIN ELUL: On today’s episode: The federal government terminates several Northwestern student visas. The HHS cites incidents of antisemitism while confirming the Northwestern federal funding freeze.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Lily Ogburn |Isaiah Steinberg |David Samson |Nineth Kanieski Koso
Several current and former Northwestern students’ visas have been terminated by the Department of Homeland Security, a University spokesperson confirmed to The Daily. The spokesperson said the University learned of the terminations during a recent check of the Student Exchange Visitor Information System. The University routinely monitors the status of NU’s international students using SEVIS, according to the spokesperson.
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1 month ago | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Isaiah Steinberg |Nineth Kanieski Koso
Immediately after taking office, President Donald Trump launched a deluge of executive actions against universities, particularly in response to alleged antisemitism. Northwestern professors condemned the orders as attacks on the First Amendment rights of universities.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Anavi Prakash |Dov Elul |Sophie Baker |Nineth Kanieski Koso
January 12, 2025 What is Envision Evanston 2045’s timeline? What was different during this year’s Early Decision admissions? What goes on behind the scenes of NU’s 82nd Dolphin Show? The Daily answers these questions and recaps other top stories from the last week. ANAVI PRAKASH: Envision Evanston 2045 takes the main stage as it reaches its fifth and final planned phase. Early decision results came out, accepting about 55% of Northwestern’s Class of 2029.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Nineth Kanieski Koso
Nobel laureate and Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry Sir J. Fraser Stoddart died Dec. 30 at the age of 82, and since then, there’s been an outpouring of love for the late professor in the Northwestern community. Stoddart was a trailblazer in the fields of nanoscience and organic chemistry. In 2016, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Bernard L. Feringa for the creation of molecular machines, which introduced a new type of bond: the mechanical bond.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Nineth Kanieski Koso
Northwestern Undergraduate Admissions sent out decisions for Northwestern’s Class of 2029 early admits on Dec. 17 with an admission rate of about 20%. Newly admitted students said they are already looking into classes and clubs. The 2024-2025 application cycle is the second following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn affirmative action. NU’s Class of 2028 saw an overall increase in historically underrepresented groups, according to official University data released in September.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Nineth Kanieski Koso
After narrowly winning her election by 26 votes in 2021, Ald. Clare Kelly (1st) is up for reelection for her second term. Her challenger, Stephen Hackney, is a newcomer to politics. Kelly grew up in the 1st Ward, which covers most of downtown Evanston, and used to teach at Evanston Township High School. As a vocal critic of Mayor Daniel Biss, she lambasted how he handled the Ryan Field rezoning process, decrying the city’s dealmaking and calling for more transparency.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Nineth Kanieski Koso
Northwestern civil and environmental engineers have worked in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations and Chicago architecture firm Krueck Sexton Partners for the past five years to plan for the future of U.S. embassies and consulates.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Nineth Kanieski Koso
Around a dozen Northwestern tenured faculty members rallied by The Rock on Wednesday afternoon in protest of the University’s new demonstration policies. The demonstration drew a small crowd as faculty members marched with signs and spoke out against the new policies.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Nineth Kanieski Koso
Inspired by Korean shamanism, third-year directing graduate student Tae-Heum Yeon’s version of “Antigone,” offers audiences a unique perspective of the classic Greek tragedy at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center. The show opened Friday and will run until Nov. 24. “Antigone” is the third and final play of Greek playwright Sophocles’ Theban plays. The story follows a princess, who buries her brother Polyneikis against the orders of Kreon, the king of Thebes.
