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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Jonathan Holloway, center. The provost is implementing a new review process for deans.

Northwestern to implement new review process for Deans of schools

May 1, 2019

Northwestern will implement a new review process for deans, the school announced last week. In an email to the Northwestern community, Provost Jonathan Holloway said this review will evaluate a dean’s...

Crowe Hall, home to the Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies Programs. Using money from a $2.75 million Andrew W. Mellon grant, the programs will begin hiring faculty without tenure homes in other departments.

New council to aid in hiring Asian American and Latinx studies faculty, though students still push for department status

February 26, 2019

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences has authorized the formation of an Intercultural American Studies Council, a group that will conduct faculty searches to appoint tenure-track professors for the Latina...

Top administrators have been willing to share details about their handling of the budget deficit, yet deans and department leaders have shown greater reluctance to divulge information.

Budget cuts are made at the bottom, but the message is crafted up top

November 30, 2018

To top administrators and undergraduate students alike, the budget deficit was a surprise. When Provost Jonathan Holloway informed Faculty Senate of the budget shortfall in January, some senators were...

Swift Hall, home of the University’s psychology department. Visiting psychology scholar Satoshi Kanazawa faces criticism for his past research, much of which is considered to be offensive.

Controversial visiting researcher — heavily criticized as having racist work — sparks pushback

November 30, 2018

Students and faculty of the psychology department are asking for a revamp of the screening process for visiting scholars after a controversial psychologist’s request to conduct research at Northwestern...

Loved ones remember Shane Colombo as passionate, ‘epitome of a good person’

Loved ones remember Shane Colombo as passionate, ‘epitome of a good person’

September 14, 2018

For his last birthday, Vincent Perez visited New York to see Shane Colombo, who had planned to take him around the city. As the day progressed, things “kept going wrong”: someone spilled coffee on...

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