The Graduate School

Holloway tells Faculty Senate school ‘moving forward’ on fixing deficit

October 18, 2018

Teresa Woodruff, The Graduate School dean, elected to National Academy of Medicine

October 15, 2018

Faculty Senate passes resolution encouraging increased funding for STEM graduate students

June 9, 2018

Letter to the Editor: A response to Joel Harrison and an Open Letter to Northwestern Graduate Students

May 23, 2018

Filed under Latest Stories, Letters to Editor, Opinion

Dear Joel and colleagues: Let me begin by thanking you for engaging with me in a conversation about funding models for graduate education. My goal is to ensure that you, and all graduate students, are able to pursue academic...

The Graduate School moves to limit sixth-year student funding

May 22, 2018

Letter to the Editor: An open letter to The Graduate School Dean Teresa Woodruff

May 22, 2018

Filed under Latest Stories, Letters to Editor, Opinion

Dear Dean Woodruff, In your recent email to The Graduate School community, you tried to clarify the school’s decisions to deny funding requests for students beyond their fifth years, emphasizing that they are ineligible for...

Assistant provost for diversity and inclusion to leave NU for Pratt Institute

April 12, 2018

Former director at Feinberg named new dean of The Graduate School

August 18, 2017

The Graduate School dean to leave Northwestern, will serve as new provost of Emory University

Allyson Chiu and Erica Snow

May 4, 2017

Filed under Campus, Faculty, Latest Stories

The Graduate School Dean Dwight McBride will leave Northwestern to serve as Emory University’s provost and executive vice president of academic affairs, the University announced Wednesday. McBride has served as the TGS dean...

The Graduate School set to launch new child care grants

Peter Kotecki, Campus Editor

September 27, 2016

Filed under Academic, Campus, Latest Stories

Northwestern will provide child care grants for eligible graduate student parents to use at any licensed daycare or in-home provider, effective Oct. 1. The grant will be available to graduate students who have a child under...

The Graduate School expands parental leave policy following years-long push from students

Julia Jacobs, Editor in Chief

September 14, 2016

Filed under Administration, Campus, Latest Stories

More graduate students will have access to parental leave for a longer period of time, following policy changes from The Graduate School effective this fall. Before Sept. 1, only women who gave birth to children qualified for...

National Labor Relations Board: Student assistants at private universities qualify as employees