Northwestern University food service and hospitality workers have voted to authorize a strike. UNITE HERE Local 1 said some 500 cashiers, dishwashers, cooks and other people working for Compass Group voted overwhelmingly in support of a strike.

The Evanston researchers discovered brewed black, green and other tea leaves can remove dangerous contaminants as the leaves act like a sponge.

A new law, the first of its kind in Illinois, means dining hall workers and housekeepers can keep their jobs if the university changes contractors. The university is worried about the costs.

The Big Ten assigned Northwestern women's basketball two forfeits for not traveling to play UCLA and USC during the California wildfires in January.

Meghan Markle seemingly made a nod to Princess Diana in one of her latest Instagram posts, sharing a video of herself wearing what appeared to be the same purple Northwestern sweatshirt that her late mother-in-law was once pictured sporting.

The Northwestern women’s basketball team announced it would not travel to play games at UCLA and USC in January due to concerns with the surrounding wildfires, but the program has been penalized for that decision.

Meghan’s Northwestern top got a lot of attention. Some royal observers were quick to link it to Meghan’s late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, who wore a Northwestern sweater herself in 1996. People noted that Diana had received the top as a souvenir during her visit to the university in June of that year.

For Black History Month this year, a new documentary is putting the spotlight on the Black women that have helped shape Northwestern University into what it is today.

Dr. Steven P. Cohen added hydrodissection — injecting fluid around severed nerves — to typical opioid use in treating post-amputation pain. Early results show promise.

Historian Lina Britto will lecture on Colombia's drug wars at MTSU as part of the Strickland Distinguished Scholars Series.

Dining hall workers and housekeepers can keep their jobs if the university changes contractors. NU raised concerns about the impact on costs.

Northwestern Libraries removed the mention of diversity on its website, following President Donald Trump’s executive orders against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Earlier this month, the first statement on the libraries’ “About” page read,