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Northwestern University is aware of a fatal construction accident that occurred this afternoon at the Allen Center site, 2169 Campus Drive. Emergency responders are on scene. There is no threat to the Northwestern community. The construction site has been closed and OSHA has been notified. Our thoughts are with the worker's family.
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The Allen Center site is on Northwestern's north campus in Evanston at 2169 Campus Drive; the building was being converted to the Ann McIlrath Drake Executive Center, which will house the Kellogg School's Executive MBA and Executive Education programs -- a $600 million capital campaign centerpiece.
This was the second fatal construction accident at a Northwestern site within nine months: Stephen Schmitz, 38, a crane oiler, died at the Ryan Field stadium reconstruction project in July 2025 under circumstances the medical examiner later found showed traumatic injuries inconsistent with the initially suspected natural cause.