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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.

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For Faculty

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

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Our Commitment

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Through policy and practice, the Office of the Provost is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive environment for the entire Northwestern community.

Updates and Announcements

Upcoming Events

Apr
29
2024

Building Corporate Relationships: Learning from Faculty Experiences

2:00 PM Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center, 2133 Sheridan Road
Join Corporate Engagement for a panel discussion with Northwestern professors who have successfully established and main...
Apr
30
2024

Green Entrepreneurship with INVO and the Trienens Institute

4:00 PM Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road
The Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy invites faculty to attend a special presentation by the In...
May
3
2024

Buffett Faculty Lunch: Global Infrastructures: Digital & Physical

12:30 PM 1800 Sherman Avenue
In the next few months, the Buffett Institute will be hosting thematic lunches for Northwestern faculty members. Please ...

Announcements

Graduate Student Union Contract Implementation Update

April 17, 2024
from Graduate Student Unionization
This message was sent to graduate students from Provost Kathleen Hagerty and Associate Provost for Graduate Education Kelly Mayo. It provides an update on the implementation of the newly ratified graduate student union contract and answers some commonly asked questions about bargaining unit status and benefits eligibility.

‘The Night Watchman’ named next One Book selection

April 8, 2024
from Northwestern Now
“The Night Watchman,” Louise Erdrich’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a fictional tribal leader who stands up to Congress when, in the 1950s, the U.S. government sought to disband tribes and take their land, has been named the One Book One Northwestern (OBON) selection for 2024-2025.