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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


J. Landis Martin, the Chairman of Northwestern’s Board of Trustees, spoke at Faculty Senate about the budget deficit, the college admissions scandal and the student experience.

NU Board of Trustees chairman: Falsifying tests and bribing coaches is ‘lowest form of activity’

April 11, 2019

The chief of Northwestern’s Board of Trustees on Wednesday denounced the participants of a college admissions scandal that has sparked a renewed national conversation on college access and admissions,...

Letter to the Editor: Northwestern’s actions are not living up to its values

December 8, 2017

In my five years as a graduate student at Northwestern, I’ve noticed a pattern in the University’s behavior. NU is fond of portraying itself as a progressive and totally inclusive environment for scholarship;...

Letter to the Editor: Board of Trustees chairman brings heavy baggage

September 18, 2017

If politicians make strange bedfellows, academic administrators make even stranger ones. The unlikely partnership between University President Morton Schapiro and newly elected Board of Trustees Chairman...

J. Landis Martin.

Incoming Board of Trustees chairman donated $30,000 to Trump PAC

August 18, 2017

J. Landis Martin (Kellogg ’68, School of Law ’73), the chairman-elect of the Board of Trustees, contributed $30,000 to a political action committee supporting now-President Donald Trump last year,...

Northwestern Board of Trustees elects J. Landis Martin as new chairman

June 13, 2017

J. Landis Martin (Kellogg ‘68, JD ‘73) will take over as chair of the Northwestern University Board of Trustees in September, the University announced Tuesday in a news release. Martin was elected...

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