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The President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate will cease its work following the Wednesday resignations of seven committee members, the 11 remaining committee members wrote in a Thursday letter to University President Michael Schill and Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris.  In the letter, obtained by The Daily, the members write that —...

The Northwestern University President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate lost members over the school's response to campus protests.

Award-winning Indigenous playwright and choreographer Larissa FastHorse spoke at Harris Hall Tuesday in a guest speaker event hosted by SESP Dean Bryan Brayboy and Communication Dean E. Patrick Johnson. Brayboy and Johnson explored FastHorse’s background in ballet — not writing — and her commitment to include her community in her work. “If I talk to...

“The Night Watchman” by Louise Erdrich will be next year’s One Book One Northwestern selection, Northwestern announced Monday. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is about a tribal leader that stands up to Congress in the 1950s while his tribe is at risk of being disbanded and displaced. The character is based on Erdrich’s grandfather, who was...

Northwestern President Michael Schill announced a new Advisory Committee on Free Expression and Institutional Speech in a University-wide statement Monday.  Pritzker Prof. Erin Delaney, who specializes in Constitutional law, will chair the 11-person committee. Other members include NU President Emeritus Henry Bienen; Weinberg Prof. Eli Finkel; Weinberg Prof. Vicky Kalogera, director of the Center for...

The co-chairs of the President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate outlined current progress and future goals in an update to the Northwestern community Monday. Co-chairs Kellogg Prof. Efraim Benmelech and SESP Dean Bryan Brayboy said in the update that the committee met with over 40 Jewish students last week for a listening session. ...

Sociologist and Princeton professor Ruha Benjamin gave the Loeschner Leadership Lecture hosted by the School of Education and Social Policy and the Institute for Policy Research Tuesday in a full-house Segal Visitors Center auditorium. Established in 2013, the Loeschner Leadership Lecture Series invites leaders in multiple fields of education to speak to the community. At...

As we return from winter break, we carry forward the essential work of combatting antisemitism and other hateful behavior that has impacted our campus and others across the country in recent months.

University President Michael Schill announced sixteen members of the President’s Advisory Committee on Preventing Antisemitism and Hate Tuesday in a University-wide message. The committee will comprise nine faculty members in fields ranging from history to medicine, two students, two trustees and two University administrators: Associate Vice President for Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance Emily...

The letter from the advocacy groups Alums for Campus Fairness and StandWithUs urged Northwestern University to investigate incidents involving student groups after the Hamas attack.