Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Three-year Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced he will leave his position after the university names an interim president to replace him.
Schill said the university has faced "extraordinary challenges" that led to making decisions to strengthen it and safeguard Northwestern's future, he said in his resignation announcement on Thursday.
"In so many ways, Northwestern is on a stronger footing," Schill said. "We have advanced superb teaching and research, reinforced our commitment to academic integrity and free expression, secured record levels of research funding and philanthropy," and made other significant achievements.
He said the university has integrated artificial intelligence and began construction of the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement. "Applications to the university and our national rankings have reached historic highs," he continued, "and our faculty's research continues to advance health, knowledge, artistic and social progress."
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