We all need a massage after the past seven days.

President Bienen sent out an e-mail to Medill people this morning saying that Dean Lavine will stay on past 2009, when his 3.5 year appointment was initially to end. Bienen doesn’t say whether this next term has an end date, but he made some key points:

Lavine (and us!) has set a “new standard for [...]

Dean John Lavine spoke to students from the Medill School of Journalism on Monday.
Here are the highlights from Lavine’s talk on Monday. Click for our liveblog.
On getting shafted
Q: “I essentially feel that Medill is not repaying the investment that I’m giving them, that what is being put into my education is going to go to, [...]

Dean Lavine’s talking with all of Medill at 8 p.m. today in Fisk 217, to answer questions and hear from students about what’s going on at the school.
If you can’t make it, we’ll be covering the talk live, so tune in for the latest! We’ll also have a podcast up afterward, so you can [...]

Maybe the Medill School of Journalism is a terrible name for our school.

Medill’s Dean is overhauling the journalism curriculum–but who should really be in control of the future of media?