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Northwestern plans to lift the testing mandate for fully vaccinated and asymptomatic community members this summer, according to Vice President for Operations Luke Figora. Figora was joined by Feinberg Profs. Richard D’Aquila and Michael Ison at a Wednesday Faculty Assembly meeting on a panel that addressed faculty questions about NU’s COVID-19 response and planned return to in-person operation. NU’s forthcoming decisions, like the testing mandate, will follow public health guidelines as Illinois enters Phase 5 of reopening. The University has not yet made a decision on indoor mask mand...

Op-eds By Charles Garris May 24, 2021 1:13 AM Charles Garris is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, a member of the Faculty Senate and a former Chair of the Faculty Senate executive committee. It is with great sadness that I learned of University President Thomas LeBlanc’s decision to retire from his position at the end of the 2021–22 academic year. At the beginning of his presidency, there was a palpable excitement that he would build on the upward trajectory of excellence left to him by the administrations of predecessors Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and Steven Knapp....

Media Credit: File Photo by Kate Carpenter | Staff Photographer Faculty from non-STEM fields said they have been frustrated with the humanities taking a backseat to STEM priorities during LeBlanc's tenure. Liberal arts faculty who disapproved of University President Thomas LeBlanc’s leadership  welcomed his retirement announcement last week. A dozen liberal arts professors said LeBlanc’s presidency has been troubled with numerous controversies, like his now likely “obsolete” 20/30 plan to increase STEM enrollment at GW, which sparked concerns that the plan would come at the expens...

Colorado System President to Step Down By   The University of Colorado system's president, Mark Kennedy, will leave his post in the coming months, the system announced Monday. Kennedy will step down less than two years after becoming president of the four-campus public system. The former Republican congressman was selected to lead the system on a split party-line vote from the system’s Board of Regents, according to The Denver Post. In January, the board switched to majority Democratic control for the first time in 40 years. Two weeks ago, the Faculty Assembly at the University of Color...

Media Credit: Grace Hromin | Senior Photo Editor Charnovitz, who received accolades from colleagues upon his departure last month, said he’s seen the senate lose some of its value to the University during the past year. News By Isha Trivedi May 10, 2021 12:25 AM Former Faculty Senate Parliamentarian Steve Charnovitz said his final senate meeting late last month was a “depressing” end to his 13-year stint in the position. Charnovitz, who started teaching at GW in 2004, has held the position of senate parliamentarian longer than anyone else in the senate’s history. As his tenure has...