Happily, I have now received confirmation of three more hires by the Department of Philosophy at Northwestern University:

Charles Mills (political philosophy, critical race theory, African-American philosophy), currently Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has accepted a position as John Evans Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University.   Professor Mills will have a joint appointment with African-American Studies.

In addition, Jennifer Lackey (epistemology, philosophy of mind), Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University, has accepted a tenured position at Northwestern, and her spouse, Baron Reed (epistemology, modern philosophy), an Assistant Professor of Philosophy also at Northern Illinois, has accepted a tenure-track position at Northwestern.