Deering Library News Today

As the school year comes to a close, a handful of Pride Month events organized by Northwestern students and departments offer celebration and reflection. While Pride Month is a time to acknowledge queer joy, Gender and Sexuality Resource Center Director Matt A said they hope community members remember how Pride Month began as and remains...

Ezra Pfeffer, who graduated from Rutgers this year and who attended the congressional hearing, said he wanted to recommend the school to others, “but I’m not so sure I can

One week after the Student Activities Finance Committee announced $2.09 million in funding allocations for student organizations, the Associated Student Government Senate allocated $50,000 on Wednesday to groups which appealed their funding decisions or did not apply for SAFC funding. ASG’s $50,000 budget for Funding Senate appeals is separate from SAFC’s tuition-funded budget. The budget...

Author and Stanford University English Prof. Kirstin Valdez Quade held a dialogue and read from her debut novel “The Five Wounds” at Northwestern’s 16th Annual Writers Festival Monday. Published in 2021, “The Five Wounds” tells a yearlong, multi-generational narrative of a New Mexican family. The book received The Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize and...

When Weinberg freshman Savannah Hsu enrolled at Northwestern, she never imagined being sick for the first five months. She never imagined that an ear, nose, throat specialist would discover enlarged adenoids and say they were likely due to mold in her Bobb Hall dorm. She never imagined surgical removal would be her best option.  Hsu...

Shortly after pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up an encampment on Deering Meadow Thursday morning, Northwestern enacted an interim addendum to its demonstration policy. In an email, University President Michael Schill told the NU community the addendum’s goal was to “balance the right to peacefully demonstrate with our goal to protect our community,” adding “temporary changes” to...

Northwestern University staff and students set up an encampment on the Evanston campus Thursday morning to show support for Palestine.

You nominated, you voted, now it’s time to announce the winners of The Daily’s first-ever Best of Evanston competition:   Best Evanston restaurant: 1. Bat 17 2. Found Kitchen and Social House 3. Koi Fine Asian Cuisine and Lounge Best Asian: 1. Todoroki Hibachi and Sushi 2. Koi Fine Asian Cuisine and Lounge 3. Cozy...

Northwestern will close Deering Library for the first time in over a decade during the 2024-2025 school year to undergo renovations, the University announced Thursday.  The renovation will focus on the Martin Reading Room, the third floor lobby and Room 208. It will feature restored woodwork, furnishings and flooring. They will also introduce an elevator...

When Bridgett Baron (Communication ’91) began dating Matt Baron (Medill ’90) in her junior year at Northwestern, she said she told him, “You’re not supposed to be in my life right now. You’re 15 years too early.”  The Barons, who first met at a co-ed touch football game organized by their respective Greek organizations, have...