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City to receive nearly $12 million in Ryan Field permit fees
The City of Evanston will receive nearly $12 million from Northwestern University before deduction from Ryan Field demolition and construction permits. City Budget Manager Clayton Black highlighted...
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NU creates new role dedicated to new frontier of college athletics
Northwestern University announced the creation of a new administrator-level position dedicated to the oversight of the university’s athletics strategy and approach to the new era of collegiate...
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District 65 names new Lincoln Elementary School principal
During a chaotic school board meeting Monday that included a vote to close the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies and the appointment of a new chief financial officer, the Evanston/Skokie...
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NU announces inaugural recipients of Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund...
Northwestern University has selected eight innovative and high-potential research projects in the life sciences to receive critical seed funding from the Pat & Shirley Ryan Family Research...
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McGaw YMCA receives $65,000 in grants from Jewel-Osco Foundation to boost...
McGaw YMCA, a nonprofit committed to strengthening community, has received a significant boost with $65,000 in grants from the Jewel-Osco Foundation’s Nourishing Neighbors charitable program to help...
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Celebrating Juneteenth with one school’s Black History Month writing contest
In February, the Academy at Saint Joan of Arc, 9245 Lawndale Ave., held its first annual Black History Month writing contest, with poems and essays from fifth through eighth graders about inspiring...
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7% hike set in tentative ETHS budget
The District 202 Board of Education hears the tentative 2024-2025 budget at the June 10 meeting at ETHS. The $104.9 million figure visible on the screen was an error, Chief Financial Officer Kendra...
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D65 schools receive grant for indoor rowing program, expanding access to rowing
Beginning next school year, five District 65 middle schools will soon offer indoor rowing, thanks to a grant called Erg Ed awarded by the George Pocock Rowing Foundation and Concept2, Inc. The grant,...
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ETHS switches back to ACT for 2024-2025 testing
Students will be required to take the standardized ACT test to graduate from Evanston Township High School beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, per the Illinois State Board of Education’s new...
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Renowned philanthropist Ann Lurie dies
Ann Lurie, well-known Chicago and global philanthropist whose name graces some of the city’s and the Midwest’s most vital academic, cultural, social service and health care institutions, died today...
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Northwestern, city celebrate Ryan Field groundbreaking
Wearing purple hard hats and holding branded shovels, Northwestern University officials broke ceremonial ground on the new Ryan Field football stadium Monday morning at a formal ceremony in front of...
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District 65 appoints new principals for Nichols and Orrington
District 65 has tapped two veteran curriculum and instruction administrators from other Cook County districts for principal jobs in Evanston. Nicole Fishman, most recently the director of curriculum...
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ETHS tightens policy on cell phone use
A phone pouch holds students’ phones during ETHS summer school Credit: Will Klearman Evanston Township High School has a new cell phone policy. Per the school website, “… all ETHS classrooms will be...
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District 65 reverses course, keeps sustainability coordinator
Back in March, on the day before Evanston/Skokie District 65 started its spring break, the school board convened a last-minute meeting and members voted to “reimagine” the sustainability coordinator...
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Review of NU Athletics recommends setting explicit directions for hazing...
Northwestern University released the final report from an independent review of its Athletics Department’s reporting process, accountability measures and culture Thursday morning, which identified a...
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Committee endorses bringing back ‘Foster’ name for 5th Ward school
Evanston/Skokie District 65 convened the Fifth Ward School Naming Committee Friday morning at Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, where four members present voted unanimously to recommend calling the...
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Watching the presidential debate with 84 Medill Cherubs
NU Cherubs (left to right) Olivia Ma, Allie Deutsch, Vidyuth Sridhar, Emerson Swift and Kerri Huang. Credit: Wendi Kromash The Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute is a four-week summer intensive...
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Longtime educator honored in street naming ceremony
Mayor Daniel Biss, left, joins Oliver Ruff and his wife, Emma, as they prepare to reveal the honorary sign for the street named in Ruff’s honor. Credit: Heidi RandhavaHonoree Oliver Ruff, center,...
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Graduate of Northwestern prison program dies at Stateville Correctional
Michael Broadway, 51, walked across the stage at Stateville Correctional Center in November to receive his diploma from Northwestern University. Michael Broadway in his Northwestern graduation...
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Climate Action Evanston, ETHS teaming up to seek EPA sustainability grant
ETHS students and community members discuss suggestions for allocation of funds from EPA grant, if awarded. Credit: Astry Rodriguez Climate Action Evanston and Evanston Township High School hosted a...
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