Northwestern’s COVID-19 positivity rate more than doubled for the second week in a row as many undergraduates departed Evanston for Winter Break. Out of 3,426 tests taken this week, 205 came back positive. The positivity rate jumped to 5.98% compared to last week’s 2.48%. The number of COVID-19 cases has been steadily increasing for the.
University President-Elect Rebecca Blank was the second woman tenured in Northwestern’s economics department, not the first. According to multiple sources in the economics department, the first tenured woman in economics at NU was actually Irma Adelman, who worked at the University from 1966 to 1971. Blank worked at NU from 1989 to 1999. As part.
Who is University President-elect Rebecca Blank, and what experience will she bring to Northwestern? As University leaders laud her appointment, some community members have expressed concerns about her relationships with activists and marginalized communities as UW-Madison’s key leader. Here are five things to know about the University’s president-elect. Blank will make history as NU’s first.
Northwestern’s Associated Student Government is holding elections for 20 Senate seats apportioned based on the population of each undergraduate school. Elections started on Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. and will last for 48 hours. Students can view candidates’ platforms and vote for senators to represent their home school on the homepage of Wildcat Connection. This.
Geography Prof. John Hudson is teaching the same geography course this quarter that he taught his first quarter at Northwestern 50 years ago. As the University’s only geography professor, Hudson single-handedly runs the adjunct geography major. NU incorporated its geography program into the anthropology department in 1987 after the subject fell out of fashion.