University President Michael Schill provided updates on his first month in office and the Organization of Women Faculty presented a motion pushing for pay equity across Northwestern during the Wednesday Faculty Senate meeting. Schill’s presentation came after he and other senior administrators took faculty questions on the redesign of Ryan Field earlier in the meeting..
Content warning: This story contains a mention of mass shootings. Northwestern administrators and Evanston city officials presented COVID-19 and Dillo Day information in a Tuesday virtual community discussion. Dave Davis, NU’s executive director of neighborhood and community relations, opened the roundtable with updates from the University, including on the upcoming succession of Rebecca Blank to.
Northwestern’s Faculty Senate discussed topics related to NU’s acceptance rate and faculty representation in administrative decisions Wednesday night after hearing from the Chair of the Board of Trustees J. Landis Martin. Faculty Senate President and Molecular Biosciences Prof. Robert Holmgren said NU has a “very low” admission rate and the University would like to continue.
Northwestern’s Faculty Senate passed a joint resolution on Wednesday amending staff benefits and increasing transparency on the status of position fulfillment. Biology Prof. Fred Turek and Kellogg Prof. Martin Lariviere co-sponsored the resolution. Lariviere said the joint resolution will increase staff compensation and make job design, like virtual teaching options, more accommodating for potential hirees..
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