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The Daily’s guide to clubs and student groups at NU
The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern has over 450 registered student organizations. From club sports to performance-based clubs, affinity groups to business-focused organizations, there is truly something for everyone! ’Cats on Campus is NU’s student organization directory. The platform features an event calendar showing when different club activities are happening every week. ’Cat
Get to know Northwestern’s affinity groups
The Daily Northwestern
With nearly 100 identity-based student organizations on campus — ranging from performance groups and pre-professional organizations to faith and social communities — there’s a place for everyone at Northwestern. Social and cultural Many identity-based organizations on campus provide spaces for students of various racial and ethnic identities to come together
A guide to health resources at NU
The Daily Northwestern
The transition to college comes with a host of challenges that might leave you feeling under the weather, including living in a new place, sharing spaces, experiencing your first Evanston winter and stressing out during finals week. It is important for first-years to know where they can get support for their physical and mental health...
Guide to well-being, sexual health resources at NU
The Daily Northwestern
Staying healthy in college is about far more than working out regularly at the gym or hitting your daily protein intake with a peanut butter shake from Shake Smart. One of the biggest misconceptions in health is that everyone else already knows what they’re doing. The truth is that every student, whether it’s their first...
Judge denies motion to dismiss price inflation lawsuit against NU
The Daily Northwestern
A judge denied a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit against 32 universities across the country, including Northwestern, on Friday. Plaintiffs sued the schools last year, alleging they conspired to inflate tuition costs through the early decision admissions process. Filed in a Massachusetts federal court, the class action complaint claims that the schoo
Research your way through these undergraduate opportunities
The Daily Northwestern
With 23 interdisciplinary research institutes and centers, Northwestern has made a name for itself as a tier-one private research university. For many NU students, research opportunities played a role in their decision to attend the University. For others, research became an interest after they stepped foot on campus. It can be difficult to know where...
The must-take classes at NU
The Daily Northwestern
Signing up for classes on Northwestern’s academic portal CAESAR will feel intimidating the first time around — and frankly, many times thereafter. There will be more choices than you had in high school, but as a first-year, you’ll also be enrolling in classes with whatever spots are left after older students have already signed up....
A guide to NU lingo
The Daily Northwestern
Unnamed PA Group Friend 1: Hey, wanna hit Sarge after SPAC? I kinda want something to eat before we go downtown. Are we taking the Purple Line to the Loop? Unnamed PA Group Friend 2: Yeah but I gotta finish my CTECs first… If you understood this fictional exchange between Northwestern students, then congratulations! You...
Year in Review: Northwestern’s top headlines on campus
The Daily Northwestern
Content warning: This story contains mentions of sexual misconduct with minors. The Northwestern community experienced a turbulent year marked by presidential transitions and a deal with the Trump administration to restore frozen federal research funding. This past academic year was defined by big names at NU. Former University President Michael Schill resig
Q&A: Peter Alexander reflects on Medill, career ahead of MS NOW show
The Daily Northwestern
After more than two decades at NBC News, Peter Alexander (Medill ’98) will join MS NOW with his new show, “State of Play with Peter Alexander,” debuting Monday and airing weekdays at 11 a.m. E.T. The Daily sat down with Alexander to discuss how his time at Northwestern prepared him to be a journalist covering...
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