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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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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

Mar
12
2026

Advancing Mentoring Excellence Session #5 Defining and Articulating Your Mentoring Philosophy and Plan

3:00 PM Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Drive
Advancing Mentoring Excellence at Northwestern is a series of five core sessions plus elective sessions, offered by the ...
Mar
31
2026

Spring Classes Begin - Northwestern Monday: Classes scheduled to meet on Mondays meet on this day.

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Spring Classes Begin - Northwestern Monday: Classes scheduled to meet on Mondays meet on this day.

Announcements

Seeking faculty input on AI-assisted grading

March 9, 2026
from Office of the Provost
Assessing student work at Northwestern is always the responsibility of faculty. However, faculty may be interested in experimenting with AI tools to enhance their methods of evaluating student work. With technology developing rapidly, and with this issue demanding sensitivity, the Office of the Provost and the Faculty Senate aim to facilitate dialogue on institutional guidance and policy development.

Pioneer in Infectious Disease Genetics Wins 2026 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize

March 5, 2026
from Feinberg School of Medicine
Jean-Laurent Casanova, MD, PhD, the Levy Family Professor at Rockefeller University, pediatrician at the Necker Hospital for Sick Children and Imagine Institute in Paris, and investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is the recipient of the 2026 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science.