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

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In Focus: Inside administrators' efforts to preserve the appointment of former ambassador Karl Eikenberry

In Focus: Inside administrators’ efforts to preserve the appointment of former ambassador Karl Eikenberry

May 27, 2016

Karl Eikenberry had already bought a house in Winnetka. The former United States ambassador to Afghanistan had been appointed to serve as the first executive director of the Buffett Institute for Global...

Karl Eikenberry will not step in as executive director of Buffett Institute

April 14, 2016

Karl Eikenberry will no longer serve as executive director of the Buffett Institute, Provost Dan Linzer announced Thursday in an email to Buffett faculty. Northwestern announced last fall that Eikenberry...

Provost Dan Linzer speaks at Associated Student Government Senate on Wednesday. Linzer defended former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry’s appointment as executive director of the Buffett Institute for Global Studies.

ASG, Faculty Senates debate Eikenberry appointment

April 7, 2016

Faculty Senate voted Wednesday to support former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry’s appointment as executive director of the Buffett Institute for Global Studies. Associated Student Government...

Faculty members split over Karl Eikenberry’s appointment at Buffett Institute

March 3, 2016

Faculty members discussed Wednesday regarding the appointment of Karl Eikenberry as the first-ever executive director of the Buffett Institute for Global Studies. Eikenberry, a former U.S. ambassador...

 The Buffett Institute, which will be under the leadership of former ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry starting September. Faculty are protesting Eikenberry’s appointment, calling on the University to withdraw the offer for his position.

More than 40 Northwestern faculty call for withdrawal of Karl Eikenberry’s appointment as Buffett Institute executive director

February 11, 2016

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 with...

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