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After 15 hours of dancing, “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen played over the speakers to close out the 50th Northwestern University Dance Marathon. Battling sleep deprivation and fatigue, hundreds of student dancers stood up for the Saturday morning encore, raising their hands to celebrate an unforgettable night at Welsh-Ryan Arena. NUDM is one of...

The course will be taught at UCSB by environmental humanities professor Ken Hiltner and environmental studies assistant professor Summer Gray.

Medill junior Jacob Wendler will be the next editor in chief of The Daily Northwestern, Students Publishing Company — The Daily’s publisher and parent company — announced Monday night. Wendler, a print managing editor for The Daily, has previously served as campus editor, special edition editor, copy editor and city beat reporter. He also worked...

The new building has eight restaurants and seating for 1,000 patrons.

About 40 students are staying on campus during Winter Break after Northwestern launched its continuous housing program for the 2023-24 academic year. While undergraduates had to move into graduate student dorms for Winter Break in previous years, those enrolled in continuous housing are able to stay in 1871 Orrington from Fall Quarter through Spring Quarter,...

Joe Mathewson has lived many lives in his 90 years. He’s been a Naval engineer officer, a Cook County commissioner, a Supreme Court correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, a lawyer, an author, a press secretary and a Congressional candidate — among other things. He’s now a professor at the Medill School of Journalism, where...

Northwestern’s Associated Student Government Senate voted to overhaul the executive board election timeline during its Wednesday night meeting. At its third meeting this year, the Senate passed legislation moving ASG presidential elections to the sixth week of Winter Quarter. Elections were previously held during the beginning of Spring Quarter. The change goes into effect immediately,...

UC Merced acknowledges Native American heritage with Toloma 5K UC Merced hosted its annual Toloma 5K on Oct. 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ahead of Native American Heritage Month, the UC Merced Newsroom announced in a press release. The 5-kilometer race fundraised for campus affairs around Native American practices, while acknowledging the campus’

The MultiCultural Center and UC Santa Barbara’s Kapatirang Pilipino hosted its first Filipino Palengke on Oct. 25 in the MultiCultural Center Lounge in honor of Filipino American History Month. The Palengke — meaning market in Tagalog – was first pitched in Spring Quarter 2023 by third-year English major, MultiCultural Center (MCC) programming assistant and Kapatirang

Each time Weinberg junior Madeleine Williams watches Northwestern students use their printing credits or access Pearson MyLab for free, she said she is reminded of the importance of the work she does with NU’s Associated Student Government.  Williams is the co-chair of the ASG Analytics Committee, which proposes and implements initiatives like those.  “I feel...