Northwestern University’s President-elect Rebecca M. Blank announced Monday she has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, and will no longer be able to fulfil her role as the 17th president and first woman to lead the university.
Northwestern University’s President-elect Rebecca M. Blank announced Monday she has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, and will no longer be able to fulfill her role as the 17th president and first woman to lead the university.
After spending eight years as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Blank was hired in October 2021 to succeed Northwestern President Morton Schapiro “following an extensive search process led by Northwestern’s Board of Trustees,” officials said. Officials said Blank “has long been involved with issues of inequality and equity through her research,” and “made improving diversity and access a priority during her tenure at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.”that said they had been hoping for a president who would make Northwestern a leader in social and environmental justice.
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