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

The Daily Northwestern


Crowe Hall, home to the Asian American Studies and Latina and Latino Studies Programs. Using money from a $2.75 million Andrew W. Mellon grant, the programs will begin hiring faculty without tenure homes in other departments.

New council to aid in hiring Asian American and Latinx studies faculty, though students still push for department status

February 26, 2019

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences has authorized the formation of an Intercultural American Studies Council, a group that will conduct faculty searches to appoint tenure-track professors for the Latina...

Four NU faculty members named Guggenheim fellows

April 17, 2017

Four Northwestern University faculty members, each representing a different school, earned 2017 Guggenheim Fellowships, a University news release announced Friday. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial...

Faculty members from the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences attend a meeting where they approved a proposal for an Asian-American studies major. The major, which will be available in the fall, came after more than 20 years of campus activism for the addition of Asian-American studies to Weinberg.

Asian-American studies major created after proposal passes at faculty meeting

February 24, 2016

The proposal for an Asian-American studies major was approved at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences faculty meeting Wednesday afternoon, officially making the major an option for all students at...

Sumun L. Pendakur (Weinberg ’98) speaks during the May celebration of the 20th anniversary of the student hunger strike that led to the creation of Northwestern’s Asian American Studies Program. Weinberg faculty met Wednesday night to read the Asian American Studies major proposal, the first step in having it established.

After 20 years in the making, faculty submits proposal for Asian American Studies major

January 15, 2016

Weinberg faculty read the Asian-American studies major proposal for the first time Wednesday at a faculty meeting following a 20-year history of campus activism for the program’s creation. Professors...

Sumun Pendakur (Weinberg ‘98) speaks at Hardin Hall 20 years after her participation in a hunger strike for the creation an Asian American Studies Program. This quarter, students are demanding an Asian American studies major through an online petition released Tuesday.

Students renew call for Asian American studies major

October 6, 2015

Students renewed calls for an Asian American studies major with an online petition launched Tuesday, just as faculty in the program prepare to submit a proposal to Weinberg administrators that would enact...

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