Some of the most respected women in fields like sports journalism and professional athletics will serve as panelists and guest speakers during cross-departmental events this weekend to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Title IX. Title IX refers to a series of historic legislation passed in 1972 that prohibited discrimination based on sex for educational programs.
Northwestern’s Faculty Senate debated amending its bylaws Wednesday to not describe the Senate’s recommendations to administration as “nonbinding” and change other aspects of the bylaws, one of which was to specify the amount of faculty that need to be present at Faculty Assembly. While the former passed, the latter did not. The first topic of.