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Provost
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| Daniel I. Linzer |
Daniel I. Linzer became Provost of Northwestern University on September 1, 2007. Linzer joined Northwestern in 1984 as an assistant professor, and is now professor of biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology, He has conducted pioneering research on the molecular basis of hormone action. Following four years as Associate Dean, Linzer was appointed Dean of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences in 2002.
Prior to coming to Northwestern, Linzer received his Bachelor of Science degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University in 1976 and a Ph.D. in biochemical sciences from Princeton University in 1980. He completed a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Among the many awards he has received are the Searle Scholars Award, the American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award, and the Northwestern Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award.
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Associate
Provost for Undergraduate Education
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| Ronald
R. Braeutigam |
Ronald R. Braeutigam, Kapnick Professor of Business Institutions in the Department of Economics, assumed the post of Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education on September 1, 2006. In this capacity, Braeutigam focuses on enhancing the educational experience of Northwestern's undergraduate students. Working with deans, decanal staffs, faculty, and students, he serves as an advocate for undergraduate education and helps to facilitate cross-school initiatives. In collaboration with the Vice President for Student Affairs, he helps to link the curricular and co-curricular lives of students through Northwestern's eleven residential colleges.
Braeutigam's previous university service includes terms as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Advising in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (2004-2006) and Director of the College’s Business Institutions Program (1995-2004).
Braeutigam works with several university centers and programs that report to the Provost's Office, including: Study Abroad Office , Fellowship Office , University Academic Advising Center , Searle Center for Teaching Excellence , Center for the Writing Arts , Undergraduate Leadership Program , Residential College Program , International Office , and Summer Academic Workshop . In addition, he serves on a vast number of university committees, both formal and informal.
A specialist in microeconomics, industrial organization, and public policy, Braeutigam received his Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa and his Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University. He joined the faculty of Northwestern’s Department of Economics in 1975. Braeutigam has also taught at Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology, and he has held an appointment as a Senior Research Fellow at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (Science Center Berlin). He is past president of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics. Braeutigam has published many research papers and three books, including one of the leading textbooks in intermediate microeconomic theory. In 1997 he was designated as a Charles Deering McCormick Professorship of Teaching Excellence, the University’s highest award for distinguished undergraduate teaching.
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Associate
Provost for Faculty Affairs
James B. Young was appointed Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs on July 1, 2008. Prior to that he had served as Dean for Faculty Affairs at the Feinberg School of Medicine since 2000.
He received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Wooster in 1967 and his M.D. from Harvard University in 1971. Following three years of clinical training in internal medicine on the Harvard Medical Service at Boston City Hospital, he obtained subspecialty training in endocrinology and metabolism at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He subsequently joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School and had risen to the rank of Associate Professor of Medicine before coming to Northwestern in 1991.
Young’s research interests focus on the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and its role in the pathophysiology of obesity and hypertension. Dr. Young and Dr. Lewis Landsberg (former Dean of Feinberg Medical School) working together were among the first to demonstrate a connection between dietary intake and SNS activity. Subsequent efforts have been directed toward understanding the nature of this connection and its implications for the current world-wide epidemic of obesity.
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Associate Provost for University Enrollment
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| Michael Mills |
Michael Mills has been Associate Provost for University Enrollment at Northwestern University since July 2005. He is responsible for admissions, financial aid and the registrar's office at the undergraduate level and coordinates those same functions in the graduate and professional schools. Before coming to Northwestern, Mills served as Director of Admission at Miami University of Ohio. Prior to assuming the position at Miami, he served for two years as Executive Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management at the University of Alaska and for four years as Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Alaska Pacific University .
Mills is a graduate of Ohio State, where he received both bachelor’s and master's degrees. He has contributed articles on enrollment-related issues in such journals as The Journal of College Admission and Strategic Enrollment Management Monthly. He has also been a frequent presenter of papers at national conferences on enrollment management.
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Associate
Provost for Budget, Facilities and Analysis
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| Jean E.
Shedd |
Jean E. Shedd was appointed
Associate Provost for Budget, Facilities and Analysis
in January 1999. She sits on the University planning
and budgeting committee, and on the subcommittee that
works with academic and administrative units to help
link their strategic plans and related budgets with
the University's strategic framework. She also works
with schools and units on management structure and staffing
issues.
She advises the Provost on issues
involving space, including new construction, renovation,
and allocation of space; and works with schools and
Facilities Management in addressing space issues. In
addition, her office oversees the collection and management
of data relating to faculty appointments, hiring, and
promotion and tenure.
She serves as co-chair of the
University's Classroom
Committee, which evaluates classroom use and quality
and recommends policies on classroom utilization, priorities
for assignment, scheduling and improvements.
She oversees the Mary
and Leigh Block Museum of Art, the Women's
Center, and the University
Sexual Harassment Prevention Office. She also serves
as the Provost's representative on the Committee
on Women in the Academic Community (COWAC).
Shedd joined Northwestern in 1976 and has held administrative and financial positions in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the Feinberg School of Medicine. In 1990, she joined the Medill School of Journalism, where she became assistant dean in 1994, and associate dean in 1997.
She received a bachelor's degree with honors and high distinction in the history of architecture and art from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management.
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Program
Assistant
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| Judith
Donovan |
Judith Donovan has
been with Northwestern since 1975. She began working
with Jeremy Wilson, then Director of Planning, and
moved into the Provost's Office in 1981 when Wilson
became Associate Provost.
She was born in Charlottesville,
Virginia, and attended Wake Forest University. In
the Provost's Office she has filled a variety of
roles and currently coordinates the Nemmers Awards
initiative, affairs relating to University committees,
and a variety of other matters.
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Administrative
Assistant to the Provost
| Ursulla Knakmuhs started
working at Northwestern in May 1983, and has
been in the central administration offices
since September l995. She has been Assistant
to the Provost since April 2000. Through the
years, she has been active and held board
positions in a number of Evanston and Northwestern
affiliated groups. Among her responsibilities
in the Provost's Office are managing the Provost's
calendar, scheduling appointments and meetings,
handling the Provost's correspondence and
phone communications, and coordinating special
projects and events for the Office of the
Provost.
Ursulla and her family are long-time supporters
of NU and have been known occasionally to
"bleed purple," especially during
football season. Both her husband and son
are NU alums.
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Assistant to the Associate Provost
Laura Koepele-Tenges has been with the Provost’s Office since September 2007, assisting the Associate Provost for Budget, Facilities, and Analysis with a variety of duties, including special research projects and meeting scheduling. Previously, Laura was a flute teacher and recitalist, and she can still be heard performing with Accessible Contemporary Music, the chamber group she co-founded. She has served as adjunct faculty at Roosevelt University and Concordia University, River Forest, as well as at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.
Laura holds a Bachelor of Science in Music with honor from DePaul University, and a Master of Music in Flute Performance from Roosevelt University. While at Roosevelt, she also completed additional coursework in music theory and pedagogy.
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Program
Assistant
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| Cynthia
E. Moore |
Cynthia E. Moore has
been employed with the University since March 1990.
In the Provost's Office she supports the Associate
Provosts and Assistant to the President, assisting
in decanal searches, scheduling for university-wide
committees, special projects, invoice processing,
etc.
Prior to joining the Provost's
Office, she worked in the Office of Administration
and Planning where she provided primary support for
the Board of Trustees and Program Review. She was
responsible for the compilation and distribution of
board agendas, board minutes, unit reports, and any
other relevant background material required.
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