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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


Jennifer Cole speaks at Faculty Senate. Cole presented concerns regarding the newly-formed Bias Incident Response Team to the Senate.

Faculty Senate notebook: Faculty members consider change to academic freedom definition

May 9, 2019

Religious Studies Prof. and faculty handbook committee chair Richard Kieckhefer discussed proposals for altering the faculty handbook, including revisions to its definition of academic freedom. Kieckhefer...

University president Morton Schapiro, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and dean of Feinberg School of Medicine Dr. Eric Neilson tour the Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center in January. The center is set to open in June.

With Simpson Querrey about to open, research administrators struggle with grant proposal backlog

May 1, 2019

After seven years of planning, four years of construction worth $455 million and a planned investment totaling $1 billion, Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center is set to open in June. The new...

Graduate students march from The Rock to Rebecca Crown Center to demand The Graduate School guarantee sixth-year research funding. Opportunities for such funding have been restricted since last year, when TGS stopped allowing sixth-year students from funding their research through assistantships.

Graduate students march for guaranteed sixth-year research funding

April 11, 2019

Graduate students rallied Thursday and presented a list of demands of The Graduate School during Northwestern University Graduate Workers’ first public action to lobby for guaranteed sixth-year research...

Feinberg Prof. Philip Greenland, chair of the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility. The ACIR has received its first investment proposal over two years after the committees founding.

Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility gains traction two years after its founding

February 25, 2019

Having received its first proposal earlier this year, the Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility began to gain traction nearly two years after it was founded with a mission to guide ethical investments...

Annelise Riles, executive director of the Buffett Institute. Riles responded to criticisms from Faculty Senate members at Wednesday’s meeting.

Head of Buffett Institute faces backlash in response to changes in funding approvals

February 14, 2019

Faculty Senate members criticized recent changes to the Buffett Institute for Global Studies after a presentation by Annelise Riles, the Buffett Institute executive director, at Wednesday’s Senate meeting. Six...

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