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Kellogg Dean Sally Blount speaks at a town hall hosted by the Global Strategy Task Force on Thursday. Professors raised questions about where funding for programs would come from and how research projects in various departments could be impacted by the six themes the task force recommended in its report.

Some faculty members concerned about University’s global strategy report

November 11, 2016

Faculty members expressed concern about University task force recommendations regarding funding and resource allocation during a town hall discussion Thursday on the new global report. About 50 people...

Administrators, faculty reach out to students after stunning election

November 10, 2016

In the wake of Tuesday’s unexpected election results, the University is taking measures to accommodate students’ needs by offering “healing spaces” and academic flexibility. “Partisan, inflammatory...

Some undergraduate schools to begin using new advising system Winter Quarter

November 6, 2016

Three undergraduate schools will begin using a new advising system Winter Quarter, piloting software that aims to improve communication between students and advisers. The new system, AdviseStream, is...

Purdue University Prof. David Sanders, chair of the school’s Faculty Senate, speaks at Faculty Senate on Wednesday. Sanders encouraged senators to continue their work at Northwestern.

Faculty Senate discusses shortening quarters by one week

November 3, 2016

Faculty Senate discussed shortening each quarter by one week at its meeting Wednesday as an alternative to the so-called “10-5-5-10” calendar, which a Senate report released last month found many departments...

Northwestern faculty, students plan to improve ‘TweetCast’ ballot prediction app

October 20, 2016

Solely based on tweets, an application developed by Northwestern professors and students is reported to predict people’s voting preferences with an 80 percent accuracy. TweetCast is an online program...

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