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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

Feinberg Prof. Joshua Hauser speaks to Faculty Senate on Thursday about a resolution concerning support for students affected by executive orders restricting travel. The resolution, he said, was in response to student concerns about Faculty Senate.

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

June 1, 2017

Faculty Senate unanimously endorsed a statement Thursday supporting academic freedom in response to a letter from a group of faculty, which expressed support for students who stopped a guest lecture by...

President of the Spencer Foundation Michael McPherson speaks as a guest speaker at Faculty Senate on Wednesday. During Senate, a resolution was passed that would expedite the process of including librarians in Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate passes resolution to expedite acceptance of librarians as faculty

April 6, 2017

Faculty Senate passed a resolution Wednesday to expedite the process of having librarians represented in Senate. The resolution is part of an ongoing conversation to include librarians as voting members...

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

March 2, 2017

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...

ASG President Christina Cilento addresses the mayor, aldermen and city staff at City Council in October. Cilento attended a community dialogue on campus Wednesday and said the event aimed to help further diversity and inclusion within classrooms and in student-faculty relationships.

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

December 2, 2016

Students and faculty voiced a need for immediate action to ensure inclusiveness in classrooms by pushing forward a social inequalities and diversity course requirement at a community dialogue on Wednesday. “I...

Purdue University Prof. David Sanders, chair of the school’s Faculty Senate, speaks at Faculty Senate on Wednesday. Sanders encouraged senators to continue their work at Northwestern.

Faculty Senate discusses shortening quarters by one week

November 3, 2016

Faculty Senate discussed shortening each quarter by one week at its meeting Wednesday as an alternative to the so-called “10-5-5-10” calendar, which a Senate report released last month found many departments...

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