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Northwestern University President Michael Schill attends a Faculty Senate meeting on April 9, 2025, in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Northwestern University President Michael Schill resigns amid funding freeze

September 4, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

Northwestern University President Michael Schill will resign after a three-year tenure, including five months of an unprecedented $790 million federal funding freeze, the school announced Thursday.

Students at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management gather in the school's Global Hub in 2018. A Northwestern trustee and her husband have donated $20 million to support the school’s Center for Enlightened Disagreement, housed in the Kellogg School of Management. (Chris Walker/baiduhai)

Northwestern trustee and husband gift $20 million to Center for Enlightened Disagreement

September 3, 2025 at 1:26 p.m.

A Northwestern University trustee and her husband have donated $20 million to support the school’s Center for Enlightened Disagreement.

People make their way through the Northwestern University campus in Evanston on Aug. 27, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ baiduhai)

This Northwestern professor fled the US under Trump. He hasn’t looked back.

September 2, 2025 at 3:33 p.m.

Trump’s reelection was the tipping point. In April, Matthias Doepke sold his house and permanently moved his family to England to teach at the London School of Economics and Political...

Ekta Bhattacharym, speaks as members of the Northwestern University Postdoc Union-United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America rally outside the university's administrative offices, July 8, 2025, in Evanston. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

Northwestern’s postdoctoral researchers vote to unionize

August 29, 2025 at 1:24 p.m.

Hundreds of postdoctoral scholars and research associates at Northwestern University voted to unionize this week.

The University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood April 10, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

U. of C. announces $100M in spending cuts to help plug deficit

August 29, 2025 at 6:20 a.m.

The University of Chicago announced a string of budget cuts slashing spending by $100 million to plug its mounting structural deficit.

University of Illinois College of Medicine faces congressional antisemitism investigation

August 26, 2025 at 1:35 p.m.

A Republican-led congressional committee has launched an investigation into allegations of antisemitism at the University of Illinois College of Medicine.

A person walks on the Northwestern University campus, March 31, 2025, in Evanston. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

How Trump’s directive to submit race-based admissions data impacts Chicago-area universities

August 23, 2025 at 9:17 a.m.

A directive by the Trump administration may undercut universities’ efforts to pursue a diverse student body in Chicago schools, experts say.

The Cruz family, Delia, Ivan and their children Leo, 12, Lionel, 11, Jadelinn, 8, and Jayne, 5, walk from their home to Edward Sadlowski Elementary School in Chicago on Aug. 18, 2025, for the first day of school. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Excitement amid cuts: CPS families on the first day

August 19, 2025 at 6:07 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools opened its doors amid a time of financial uncertainty, felt most by the parents and community it serves.

Denetria Adams, a nutrition peer specialist, cooks a meal of chicken and vegetables for residents at Mercy Commons housing development on South Wentworth Avenue in Chicago as part of a cooking demonstration and discussion about nutrition on Aug. 12, 2025. The class was supported by SNAP-Ed (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education), a federally funded program that works to improve the nutritional health and physical activity of individuals eligible for SNAP benefits. The program is now winding down in Illinois before funding officially runs out Sept. 30. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Illinois SNAP Education program eliminated amid federal cuts: ‘It’s heartbreaking’

August 18, 2025 at 6:14 a.m.

SNAP-Ed has partnered with Chicago organizations to address the root causes of health disparities. Now, the 30-year program is being dismantled.

The University of Chicago campus and the Midway Plaisance on June 2, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

University of Chicago to pause Ph.D. admissions across several schools

August 15, 2025 at 7:05 p.m.

The University of Chicago will pause admissions for "a small number" of Ph.D. and master's programs across several schools amid mounting fiscal pressures.

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