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Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro, who has led the University through one of its most transformative and sustained periods of academic growth, announced Thursday, March 4, that he will conclude his tenure on Aug. 31, 2022. Read President Schapiro’s letter to the community.
Since President Schapiro took office in 2009 as Northwestern’s 16th president, the University has elevated its status as a premier University for research and teaching. He has led Northwestern through more than a decade, witnessing the birth of new campus traditions, celebrating athletic achievements and honoring faculty’s research breakthroughs.
President Morton Schapiro to conclude tenure in 2022
After 13 years at Northwestern, University President Morton Schapiro will end his tenure on August 31, 2022, according to a Thursday email.
“It has been my great honor to work alongside our illustrious faculty, staff, students, trustees and alumni during my time here,” he said. “You have inspired me with your passion, dedication and resilience, especially during these most challenging times for our campus, our country and the world.”
University spokesman Jon Yates told the Daily in February that Schapiro’s contract was scheduled to end in 2022, after it was extended in 2014. Schapiro remains a tenured faculty member, Yates said.
Following a national search, Amy Falls has been appointed as Northwestern’s vice president and chief investment officer, University President Morton Schapiro announced in a Friday email. After transitioning into her new role this spring, Falls will become the first female CIO in NU history.
As CIO, Falls will oversee NU’s $12.2 billion investment portfolio, making her responsible for nearly a quarter of the University’s annual revenue. According to Northwestern Now, these funds support a “wide range of University operations including undergraduate and graduate financial aid, University institutes and centers, faculty positions and department chairs, research and athletics.”
Falls’ predecessor, William H. McLean, stepped down in October 2020 to become the CIO of the University of Richmond.
After several months of continuous pressure on Northwestern administration to abolish University Police and divest from policing and other militarized entities, NUCNC is continuing their work into the new quarter.
Since their campaign of more than 30 days of consecutive actions, the group has not held any mass protests or demonstrations, but they continue to pressure the University and practice mutual aid a core tenet of prison-industrial complex abolition.
Gonring stationed outside Foster Walker Complex on Sunday, collecting donated winter gear to distribute. (Binah Schatsky/The Daily Northwestern)
“Prisons are the biggest social service we have,” NUCNC member Eliza Gonring said. “So poor people, homeless people, Black people are just getting funneled into prisons and if we want that to stop, if we don’t want people to get preyed upon, we’re going to need to start supporting people.”