Northwestern announced the 21 inaugural grant recipients of the Racial Equity and Community Partnership on Thursday, according to a University news release. Developed by an advisory committee of NU faculty and staff and local community leaders, the program aims to provide support to organizations working to advance racial equity in Evanston and Chicago. Among the.
Associated Student Government passed a resolution supporting Palestinian human rights during Wednesday’s session.
The “Resolution Concerning the Response to the Israeli Occupation of Palestine” passed in a roll call vote of 20-2, with nay votes from Northwestern College Republicans and Hillel senators. A Weinberg senator abstained from the vote.
“Regardless of religious or political views, the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict cannot be discussed without centering the humanitarian crisis that is going on as a result of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and blockade of Gaza,” the resolution stated.
The petition, authored by an ASG senator, garnered over 300 student co-sponsors. The legislation focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a human rights issue.
University President Morton Schapiro discussed Mike Polisky’s promotion and resignation as athletic director and his hopes for future leadership in a Wednesday Faculty Assembly meeting.
Schapiro spoke in the second half of the meeting, after a panel discussion on Northwestern’s fall reopening plans. Faculty Senate President Therese McGuire moderated the conversation, asking Schapiro questions submitted ahead of time by faculty.
McGuire said many questions submitted pertained to Polisky, who was named a defendant in a federal lawsuit concerning sexual harassment in NU’s cheerleading program.
“The allegations from the current former cheerleaders of racism and sexism were very sad and painful,” McGuire said.
Graduate students expressed opinions and outlooks on the search for University President Morton Schapiro’s successor at a Tuesday listening forum. The event was held as a Zoom webinar where registered participants could occasionally present questions and concerns to a panel of representatives from the Presidential Search Committee and occasionally receive responses. Ph.D. student Ally Reith.
The Black House is accepting tours for students in the class of 2021, with first-come, first-serve signups opening Monday.
The tours will occur June 7 in 30-minute intervals, and groups are limited to five students, according to the Multicultural Student Affairs website.
“We want to give the Class of 2021 the opportunity to see the renovated space before they graduate and leave campus,” a statement on the website read.
Attendees will also allow contact tracing and must complete the University symptom tracker in addition to requirements for masks and social distancing.
The tour comes after much anticipation from the campus community. The Black House initially closed for renovations in June 2019. On March 31, University President Morton Schapiro announced that the renovations were on track to be completed mid-Spring Quarter.