William Ayers, the 1960s radical whose connections to President-elect Barack Obama became a campaign issue, is in negotiations to speak at Northwestern University Thursday night, university spokesman Alan Cubbage said today.

“The expectation is yes,” Cubbage said, that Ayers will appear at Cahn Auditorium at an event sponsored by the Muslim Cultural Students Association.

Details about tickets and the time were still being worked out, Cubbage said.

Ayers, a former Weather Underground member, is currently promoting an updated version of his 2001 memoir “Fugitive Days.”