Faculty Resources

General

Faculty Committee Assignments
Faculty Job Openings
Faculty Recruiting Process
Funding Resources for Teaching and Research
Provost's Information for Faculty
Relocation Resources
Research Appointments at NU
Teaching Awards
Tenure and Promotion Committee Election Bios
University Policies
Weinberg Information Technology
Weinberg Web Communications

Work-Life and Family Resources

Promotion and Tenure Candidates

Candidate Guidelines 2011-12
Preparing a CV for Promotion 2011-12
Checklist for Tenure 2011-12
Checklist for Promotion to Full Professor 2011-12

 

Continuing Lecturer Promotion Candidates

Criteria for CLF Promotion 2011-12

Timeline for CLF Promotion 2011-12

Checklist for CLF Promotion 2011-12

 

 

Leave of Absence Candidates
Weinberg Faculty Leave of Absence Policy

Faculty Leave of Absence Application for 2011-12

Faculty Leave of Absence Application for 2012-13

 

Vita Supplements

Tenure-Line Vita Supplement Form 2012

CLF Vita Supplement Form 2012

 

Financial Matters

Northwestern Travel Policies and Procedures
Weinberg Quick Reference Guide for Entertainment Policies
Northwestern Entertainment Policies
Northwestern University Travel Services
Expense Report Quick Reference Sheet for Faculty
NU Portal for Faculty Access to Financial/Research Systems

Direct Link to Cognos Reporting

 

Human Resources Matters

Human Resources Self Service for Faculty

  • Update your online directory information; view paychecks and benefit information; update direct deposit information

Approvals for Staff Time Sheets (for Chairs/Directors)

 

Access to Forms

Affirmative Action Form (for incoming full-time teaching faculty)
Conflict of Interest Policy and Form
Course Buyout Request Form
Faculty Pre-Search Review Form for Weinberg
Lecturer Travel Funds Policy
Lecturer Travel Funds Budget Application Form
Short-Term Faculty Appt Form: teaching and courtesy appts
Postdoctoral Fellow Appointment Form: Non-Teaching
Research Staff Appointment Form
Research Faculty Level Appointment Form

Please contact the Dean's Office with any further inquiries.

 

Honors and Achievements

Professor Tobin Marks, a world leader in organometallic chemistry, chemical catalysis, materials science, organic electronics, solar energy, photovoltaics and nanotechnology, received the 2012 National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences.

Weinberg professor Kenneth Seeskin has won the National Jewish Book Award. The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture, co-edited by Seeskin, received first place in the anthologies and collections category.

Mentions in the Media

The Life, Work of Poet Wislawa Szymborska
Wislawa Szymborska's longtime translator, Slavic languages and comparative literature professor Clare Cavanagh, speaks with PBS Newshour about the poet's life and work. Szymborska was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1996. pbs.org February 2, 2012 Full story

Fingerprints of a Monster Quake
How to plan for earthquakes if seismic activity wanders around the map? ... Northwestern University geophysicist Seth Stein argues that there won't be any future earthquakes at New Madrid. He has gathered GPS data that show no pressure developing in the Earth's surface there; hence, he argues, no energy is building for a convulsion. He believes mid-continent seismicity moves around, so that as the New Madrid zone "turns off," future quakes may happen elsewhere. washingtonpost.com January 10, 2012 Full story

January 20, 2012