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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

May
25
2026

No classes - Memorial Day - University offices are closed

All Day
No classes - Memorial Day - University offices are closed

Announcements

‘Vigil’ by acclaimed author George Saunders kicks off the new Campus Reading Program

May 13, 2026
from Northwestern Now
The Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement has selected “Vigil” by Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders for Northwestern’s newly revamped Campus Reading Program, which will carry on the tradition of One Book One Northwestern.

Five top scholars receive the 2026 Nemmers Prize

May 6, 2026
from Northwestern Now
This year’s recipients are Jean-Laurent Casanova for medical science, John Corigliano for music composition, Maureen Raymo for Earth sciences, Whitney K. Newey for economics, and Andrei Okounkov for mathematics. Each award comes with a cash prize, and the recipients will interact with Northwestern faculty and students through lectures, conferences, seminars and other activities.