Faculty Senate endorses statement supporting academic freedom after protest of ICE representative

June 1, 2017

Faculty Senate passes resolution to expedite acceptance of librarians as faculty

April 6, 2017

Faculty Senate passes resolution recommending NU ombuds program deal with ‘systemic’ issues

Yvonne Kim, Assistant Campus Editor

March 2, 2017

Filed under Campus

Faculty Senate passed a resolution Wednesday recommending the establishment of an ombuds program at Northwestern responsible for improving university services for students, faculty and staff. Presented by the Faculty Rights...

Students, faculty discuss social inequalities and diversity course requirement at community dialogue

December 2, 2016

Faculty Senate discusses shortening quarters by one week

November 3, 2016

Student-run class notes service plans to begin selling textbook summaries

Kristina Karisch, Reporter

October 27, 2016

Filed under Academic, Campus, Latest Stories

After its launch at the end of Spring Quarter, the student-run service NoteShark is considering shifting its main focus toward selling textbook summaries. NoteShark is meant to provide a service similar to SparkNotes, Medill...

Faculty Senate report shows many departments oppose 10-5-5-10 calendar

Peter Kotecki, Campus Editor

October 20, 2016

Filed under Administration, Campus

A Faculty Senate report released in September showed that many departments at Northwestern do not support the so-called “10-5-5-10” calendar, a proposal that would move the beginning of the academic year to August. In a University report released in Janu...

Faculty Senate committee finds it ‘impossible’ to act on Prof. Jacqueline Stevens’ appeal of involuntary leave

October 13, 2016

Faculty Senate passes resolution in support of cycling, pedestrian safety

Yvonne Kim, Assistant Campus Editor

October 6, 2016

Filed under Academic, Administration, Campus, Faculty

Faculty Senate passed a resolution supporting the creation of a task force on bike and pedestrian safety Wednesday, nearly two weeks after Weinberg freshman Chuyuan Qiu was killed by a cement truck while biking. The resolution, authored by Associated Student Government President Christina Cilento, said the task force — a collab...

Prof. Alvin Tillery: My issue with Prof. Stevens wasn’t about her political activism

September 7, 2016

NLRB will hold hearing on contested ballots in non-tenure eligible faculty union vote at Northwestern

Kelli Nguyen, Development and Recruitment Editor

August 18, 2016

Filed under Administration, Campus, Faculty

The National Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing Tuesday to determine the validity of 71 ballots cast in the vote to form a non-tenure eligible faculty union at Northwestern. With the current accepted vote count at 223...

Faculty committee to assist in search for new provost

David Fishman, Assistant Summer Editor

August 5, 2016

Filed under Administration, Campus, Latest Stories

University president Morton Schapiro will solicit help from a Faculty Screening Group in hiring a new provost, he said in an email last week. The news came after current provost Dan Linzer announced his departure at the end...

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