Skip to main content

Office of the Provost

Promoting and Advancing Northwestern’s Academic Mission

Welcome to the Office of the Provost

The Office of the Provost provides the resources and infrastructure that empower Northwestern's community of scholars to pursue their greatest scholarly ambitions.

Provost Kathleen Hagerty

As Northwestern's chief academic officer, Provost Hagerty works with deans, directors and administrative units to set academic priorities and polices and coordinate initiatives to support graduate and undergraduate education, faculty appointments and promotion, and space and resource planning. She also has primary responsibility for preparing Northwestern’s annual budget.

Provost Hagerty is the First Chicago Professor of Finance in Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.

MORE ON PROVOST HAGERTY

Provost Hagerty speaking at podium

For Faculty

The Office of the Provost oversees faculty policies and connects faculty with a wide range of career and work/life resources.

Updates and Announcements

Upcoming Events

Apr
17
2026

Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies Conference, presented by the Northwestern University Energy Innovation Lab

8:30 AM Arthur Rubloff Building, 375 E Chicago Ave
Registration is open for the inaugural conference of the Northwestern University Energy Innovation Lab: Energy Innovatio...
Apr
27
2026

Sustainability Faculty Lunch – At the Intersection of the Environment and Health

12:00 PM Deering Library, 1937 Sheridan Road
Faculty from across the University are invited to a short series of sustainability-themed interdisciplinary networking l...
Apr
30
2026

Advancing Mentoring Excellence Elective: Managing Conflict in Mentoring Relationships

9:00 AM 875 N Michigan Ave, Suite 3500
Advancing Mentoring Excellence at Northwestern is a series of five core sessions plus elective sessions, offered by the ...

Announcements

Vice President for Research Eric Perreault to step down

April 8, 2026
from Office of the Provost
Eric Perreault will step down from his role as Vice President for Research at the end of this month and return to his role as a full-time faculty member. Associate Provost for Faculty and Hugh Knowles Professor of Hearing Science Sumit Dhar will serve as interim Vice President for Research beginning May 1 and report directly to the provost.

Northwestern Network for Collaborative Intelligence announces strategic leaders

April 1, 2026
from Northwestern Now
Experts will focus on three pillars of AI and data science: Research, Education and Infrastructure. The Education Pillar will be co-led by Jeremy Gilbert (Medill) and Sara Owsley Sood (McCormick). The Research Pillar will be co‑led by Scott Budinger (Feinberg) and Chris Wolverton (McCormick). The Infrastructure Pillar will be guided by Joseph Paris (Northwestern IT).