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Congress issued four criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump last December related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, including obstruction of an official congressional proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the government, conspiracy to knowingly make a false statement and inciting or assisting an insurrection. While these referrals hold no legal weight, they indicate that...
Northwestern’s endowment declined to $14.4 billion this year from almost $15 billion last year, according to an email from University President Michael Schill to members of NU’s community Thursday. The decrease was credited to rising interest rates and struggling financial markets, according to Schill. The email, labeled “2023 Annual Financial Update,” included information on the...
Northwestern University Graduate Workers kicked off its union election Tuesday, the first of two days of voting in Evanston and Chicago. The election, moderated by the National Labor Relations Board, is the product of years of grassroots organizing by graduate workers. If a majority of voters vote “yes,” the NLRB will authorize the United Electrical,...
Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill will be the keynote speaker for Northwestern’s 2023 MLK Dream Week, the University announced Friday. Ifill will discuss her work as a civil rights lawyer and president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. She will then participate in a moderated conversation with Sheila Bedi, who is a Pritzker School of...
Some Northwestern students are calling on the University to increase student access to composting bins. All back-of-house kitchens at NU, including those in dining halls and Norris University Center, currently compost waste from food prep stations, leftover food and some prepared food, according to the sustainNU website. NU composts about 3.6 tons of food waste...