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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


The University’s new sexual assault prevention training. The Office of Equity rolled out the training in January.

Students say University sexual misconduct training is ineffective, doesn’t change behavior

February 3, 2019

Some Northwestern students are reacting negatively to the University’s online sexual misconduct training, saying it’s insufficient for teaching students how to combat sexual harassment and violence. The...

Students march down Sheridan Road in a 2017 Take Back the Night march. Administrators rolled out a new sexual misconduct training program for students, which will be available at the end of January.

Mandatory sexual misconduct training to roll out later this month

January 17, 2019

Northwestern administrators are rolling out mandatory sexual misconduct training for students and revising the faculty misconduct training, according to a Wednesday email from Patricia Telles-Irvin, the...

Sarah Wake, the University associate vice president for equity, speaking on a panel about upcoming changes to Title IX. Panel members expressed their concerns that these changes would make universities less safe.

Panel on Title IX reforms expresses concerns over proposed changes

January 14, 2019

Officials from the Center for Awareness, Response and Education and the Office of Equity expressed concern that proposed changes to federal Title IX rules would make students feel less safe. During...

Sarah Wake speaks to Faculty Senate in 2018 about proposed Title IX rules by the U.S. Department of Education. Those rules went into effect Aug. 14.

Wake appointed to head Office of Equity; new associate provost for operations and facilities to join Northwestern

December 4, 2018

Provost Jonathan Holloway announced in a Tuesday news release the appointment of Mark Francis as the associate provost for operations and facilities and named Sarah Wake the permanent associate vice president...

Student protesters during the 2016 Take Back the Night annual march. Survivor advocates fear that new Title IX rules will discourage survivors from coming forward.

As University prepares for new Title IX rules, survivor advocates worry

November 26, 2018

It’s been ten days since U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos unveiled her proposed revisions of Title IX, a federal civil rights law in the Education Amendments of 1972 that prohibits sex discrimination...

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