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Morimoto to step down as Graduate School dean
Richard Morimoto has announced plans to step down as associate provost and dean of The Graduate School at the end of this academic year to return to full-time research and teaching in the department of biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology. |
University code of conduct now enforced off campusBoth students and the University may now pursue disciplinary sanctions against students who violate the code of student conduct on the Evanston campus and in certain off-campus areas, in addition to any criminal or civil charges that may be appropriate. Health Service re-accreditedThe Health Service has been re-accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) for the maximum three-year term, until July 2006. Students serve meals to those in needNorthwestern student volunteers are using Northwestern kitchens to prepare meals for Evanston residents in need. Schlesinger will deliver Leopold LectureTwo-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. will ask whether it is unpatriotic to criticize the U.S. president while the nation is at war when he delivers the Leopold Lecture at Northwestern University Wednesday, Oct. 22. Program examines science that’s changing quality of lifeNorthwestern faculty members will discuss in nontechnical language the recent developments in genetics, stem cell medicine and nanotechnology during the Northwestern Alumni Association interactive program “Small is Big: Science That’s Changing the Quality of Your Life.” IT NewsUniversity creates civility policyThe Univer-sity has implemented a new Civility, Mutual Respect and Unacceptabil-ity of Violence on Campus Policy. Du Bois exhibit here through Dec. 31An exhibit of the works of the great sociologist, historian and activist W.E.B. Du Bois, whose landmark book “The Souls of Black Folks” was published 100 years ago, is on display at University Library through Dec. 31.
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Faculty honorsCharles H. Dowding, Hamlin M. Jennings and Ellen Shearer Rare genes stave off HIV infectionResearchers have new answers as to why some HIV-infected individuals don’t progress to full-blown AIDS as rapidly as other HIV-positive people.
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Addition of Crowe Hall a boost to humanitiesAfter a busy summer of moving offices, humanities faculty who were slated to move are now settling into their new offices in Crowe and Kresge Centennial halls. |
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Considers a United Way contributionThe University is again asking faculty and staff to contribute to the United Way campaign. As of Oct. 1, Northwestern has collected $170,136, or 65 percent of the goal of $260,000. Make directory updates onlineUpdates to the 2003-04 Directory will be made available online through a self-service feature of HRIS.
Staff profile: Marcie Weiss
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