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... Evanston, Illinois. Funeral service, on April 16, 2024 at 5:00 p.m., at Thompson Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc., 1917 Asbury Ave, Evanston ...

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In today’s crossword: 4 down, four letters: Sicilian volcano

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With decadent pastries and refreshing beverages, Backlot Coffee is the quintessential spring quarter study spot. Located at 2006 Central St., this coffee shop is a short trip on the intercampus shuttle or 201 Central/Ridge bus. When we visited on a sunny Monday afternoon, Backlot Coffee was packed with customers. The shop’s large windows and botanicals...

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Home rule is a constitutional status that's automatically granted to all Illinois municipalities with at least 25,000 people. ... Evanston's abuse of ...

Chicago’s Symphony Center was bustling on a warm Sunday afternoon, as concertgoers flocked to the illustrious venue to hear celebrated pianist Yefim Bronfman — widely considered a leading interpreter of a vast repertoire — in recital. The program featured familiar names: Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann. The recital seemed to center around...

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Over the weekend, I attended the Eid banquet hosted by Northwestern’s Muslim-cultural Students Association. An Eid meal occurs during the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which celebrates the end of the month of fasting in Islam. This month, the ninth in the Islamic lunar calendar, is known as Ramadan. According to Islam, Ramadan is when the...

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The Chicago Latino Film Festival is bringing Latin American culture to Northwestern through film in a two-day event Tuesday and Thursday. The film festival is a 40-year-old Chicago-based tradition that introduces new voices of Ibero-American cinema, documenting the history of its artform and encouraging cultural expression in a weeklong downtown event. Its influence spread to...

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In Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals, Michael Jordan, already a basketball star, powered through flu-like symptoms and led the Chicago Bulls to a pivotal victory over the Utah Jazz — a game that solidified his legend in the city and became known as his “flu game.” Monday night, Jonah Kagen told the sold-out...

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Between mid-November and early February, The Daily Northwestern published four Letters to the Editor about the Israel-Hamas war. Their authors were “70 student organizations,” “22 Northwestern Students,” “163 Northwestern faculty and staff” and “65 student organizations.” Neither of the pieces authored by a list of student organizations have a single individual’s name attached to them....

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According to postdoctoral research fellow George Winstone, all postdoctoral students can agree on one thing: Their need for a union. A team of Northwestern postdocs are creating just that. Born out of January 2023 conversations, the NU Postdoctoral Union is working toward better salaries and conditions for postdoctoral workers. In the past, the University has...

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Former Northwestern football players Eric Olson (SESP ’16) and Christian Salem (Weinberg ’16) have teamed up once more for a new venture. While the duo didn’t pursue STEM degrees at NU, Olson and Salem shared a common background: They came from families of researchers, teachers and scientists and bonded over “nerdier” topics.  During his senior...

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The Woman’s Club of Evanston hosted its annual Dreams Delivered Prom Boutique from Sunday to Tuesday, outfitting 120 Chicago area students with free prom dresses, shoes and accessories through a custom experience.  The Woman’s Club co-hosted the program with the Ivy Pearl Foundation, a philanthropic organization within the Delta Chi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa...

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Chosen from a pool of nearly 3,000 applicants, Northwestern faculty made up six of 188 Guggenheim Fellows in 2024, the University announced Tuesday. Joining the competitive group of fellows named by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation are art, theory and practice Prof. Mike Cloud, neurobiology Prof. Nina Kraus, chemistry Prof. Chad Mirkin, chemistry Prof....

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When Lisa Degliantoni moved to Evanston with her two children 12 years ago, her family “fell in love with the lakefront.” After saving money all fall, the family bought a used paddleboard, Degliantoni said at a  February Evanston City Council meeting. However, they were on the waiting list for a storage rack space that summer,...

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Coach Kelly Amonte Hiller never shied away from forging her own path. After earning soccer and lacrosse All-American honors at Maryland in the 1990s, she took a chance on a dormant program at Northwestern, which she moved halfway across the country to build from the ground up. “You see it in football, you see it...

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... Evanston, Illinois, making it its third consecutive loss and ending its three away-game stint. Northwestern kicked off the scoring in the first ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health has ... The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 holds ... The Evanston Health Department has confirmed there ...