ASG continues push for credit requirements reduction
As the arrival of the new Weinberg dean approaches, ASG has issued a report calling on the school to reduce the number of credits students need to graduate, although it’s unclear whether the proposal...
View ArticleNorthwestern creates task force to plan global engagement strategy
Northwestern announced the formation of a new task force Monday that will help devise a global engagement strategy following the more than $100 million donation from Roberta Buffett Elliott (Weinberg...
View ArticleNorthwestern hires first vice president for compliance
Northwestern hired as its first associate vice president for compliance and chief compliance officer, an administrator who will work to ensure the University is operating within the law, the University...
View ArticleStar, Kim launch campaign to include students in task force
ASG’s president and executive vice president launched a campaign at Wednesday’s Senate meeting to pressure Provost Daniel Linzer to include more students in a faculty task force examining the...
View ArticleDespite petition, Linzer unlikely to add more students to task force
Provost Daniel Linzer showed no support for a petition that asks him to put four more students on a task force examining undergraduate academic experience in an interview with The Daily on Friday....
View ArticleDutch King and Queen visit Feinberg, establish collaboration for study of...
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited the Feinberg School of Medicine on Wednesday morning to establish a research partnership to bolster the study of healthy aging,...
View ArticleASG to train student group leaders on accessibility, inclusion
Associated Student Government leaders announced Wednesday plans to train student group leaders on issues of accessibility and inclusion. During the last Senate session of the year, SESP sophomore Matt...
View ArticleNorthwestern adds two students to academics task force
The University will add two students to a task force examining undergraduate academics after students lobbied for more representation on the task force, Associated Student Government announced today....
View ArticleNorthwestern Graduate School names interim dean
Craig Bina will act as dean of The Graduate School and associate provost for graduate education during current dean Dwight McBride’s absence starting in October and lasting until the end of June. Bina,...
View ArticleNorthwestern’s accreditation renewed through 2024-25
Northwestern’s accreditation was renewed through 2024-25 this summer by the Institutional Actions Council of the Higher Learning Commission, which has accredited the University since 1913. To remain...
View ArticleRyan family donates $25M, creates matching challenge to support faculty
Northwestern alumni Patrick G. Ryan (Kellogg ’59) and Shirley W. Ryan (Weinberg ’61) donated $25 million to the University on Tuesday, partly to facilitate the creation of endowed professorships at NU....
View ArticleGraduate student parents raise concerns about representation on task force
A coalition of graduate student parents say they are not represented by a task force formed this quarter to examine the experience of graduate student parents. Announced this month, the task force does...
View ArticleBuffett Institute names first executive director
Former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry was named the inaugural executive director of the Buffett Institute for Global Studies. Eikenberry, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy,...
View ArticleTask force recommends Northwestern begin academic year in August, still...
A task force studying the undergraduate academic experience has proposed Northwestern begin the academic year five weeks earlier, while still maintaining the quarter system. Christened the “10-5-5-10”...
View ArticleNew committee works to enhance residential experience
A newly formed committee will focus on enhancing the sense of community and inclusion in campus housing. The Undergraduate Residential Experience Committee — composed of faculty, staff and students —...
View ArticleStudents, faculty split over proposed academic calendar
Students and faculty remain divided about the new quarter system timeline recommended by a task force’s findings released on Tuesday. The “10-5-5-10” calendar, which would split Winter Quarter into two...
View ArticleFormer Northwestern adjunct professor says he was fired over false sexual...
Dave Linhardt never made it to teach the third meeting of his Principles of Entrepreneurship class. On Jan. 12 and Jan. 14 — only the second week of the quarter — Linhardt, who was an adjunct...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Open letter by Northwestern faculty in support of...
The undersigned 46 Northwestern faculty urge University President Morton Schapiro and Provost Daniel Linzer to withdraw the appointment of retired Lt. Gen. and former ambassador to Afghanistan Karl...
View ArticleMore than 40 Northwestern faculty call for withdrawal of Karl Eikenberry’s...
Forty-six Northwestern faculty members called on University administrators to withdraw their appointment of Karl Eikenberry as executive director of the Buffett Institute due to his incompatibility...
View ArticleNew Arts Circle website highlights Northwestern performances, exhibits
A&E Students, faculty and Evanston residents will now be able to discover all of Northwestern’s arts-related events on one website. The Arts Circle website, which launched last week, is a new...
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