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Farms are allowed to hire foreign workers through the H-2A visa program to help fill labor gaps. But some farms favored H-2A farmworkers over U.S.-based farmworkers.

Christopher Schuh (McCormick ‘01) will serve as the dean of McCormick School of Engineering beginning Aug. 1, the University announced in a Tuesday news release.  Schuh will be the first McCormick alum to hold the position, according to the release. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Schuh focuses his research on structural metallurgy....

    In this special episode, Daily Northwestern reporter Anita Li travels into unknown territory –– the University of Chicago. Along with The Chicago Maroon’s Chief Podcast Editor Gregory Caesar, they talk about school stereotypes, libraries and grapes. ANITA LI: This podcast contains explicit language. [CTA SOUNDS] ANITA LI: This is Anita Li from the...

Spanish language Prof. Elena Lanza and Japanese language Prof. Noriko Taira Yasohama will be co-directors of the new Language Resource Center, the University announced in a news release. The center aims to support language learning at Northwestern.  The two have a combined 49 years of experience in language instruction and will bring their “distinct perspectives”...

McCormick Prof. Yonggang Huang was elected as a Foreign Member to the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, Northwestern announced Wednesday. Huang’s election recognized his impact in the engineering field, which includes his role in creating the world’s smallest remote-controlled walking robot alongside collaborator McCormick Prof. John Rogers. The robot is half...

This April, Northwestern Multicultural Student Affairs formally recognized Arab Heritage Month for the first time.  Weinberg junior Sara Ibrahim, the Middle Eastern North African Student Association co-president, said this acknowledgment is a step in the right direction toward increasing MENA visibility on campus. She said this has historically been limited by the lack of a...

With one of the largest collections of Western classical modern music in the world and about 36,000 linear feet of historical documents, recordings and objects, the Charles Deering McCormick Library Archives allow students and researchers to delve into primary texts.  Dana Lamparello, head of Public Services at the McCormick Library of Special Collections and University...

    In this week’s episode of The Weekly, Campus Editor Joanna Hou and City Editor Shannon Tyler talk Week 4 of Spring Quarter and mentally balancing being journalists and students, as well as their experiences covering a crisis near campus. MIKA ELLISON: Content warning: This podcast contains mentions of gun violence and death. [music]...

Northwestern announced designer David Ngene (Weinberg ’08) will be the convocation speaker for the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences in June, according to a Weinberg news release.  Ngene came to NU in 2003 as a first-generation college student on an athletic scholarship with the football team. The release said he initially intended to major...

Content warning: This article contains mentions of gun violence and death. On Wednesday, a young man lost his life. Two 15-year-old boys were injured, one gravely. Though much of The Daily’s coverage so far has centered on the impact Wednesday night’s Clark Street Beach shooting had on Northwestern students, we know the effects go far...