Northwestern president-elect resigns after cancer diagnosis

Image:  Rebecca Blank, Northwestern University’s incoming president, announced Monday that she would no longer be able to lead the institution after being diagnosed with “an aggressive form of cancer,” which she said “will require all my strength and resolve to fight.” “This letter is among the most painful and difficult I have had to write,” Blank wrote in a message to the Northwestern community. “The job of president requires multiple events, long days, travel and constant energy,...