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Many universities tiptoe around AI. Northeastern is welcoming it with open arms.
Many universities tiptoe around AI. Northeastern is welcoming it with open arms.
Nia Platt, news correspondent • April 15, 2025

Over the past 10 years, artificial intelligence has gone from a distant, futuristic concept to a tool used in everyday life. In 2014, Generative Adversarial...

The Northeastern University Health and Counseling Services office. UHCS recently made medication abortion available to students.
For the first time, University Health and Counseling Services is prescribing medication abortion to students
Carson Lyle, news staff • April 13, 2025

After a three-year-long student campaign, the spring 2025 semester marked the first time medication abortion was available to students through Northeastern’s...

Molly Thompson poses for a photo. Thompson started posting in sixth grade and has since amassed over one million followers on TikTok. Photo courtesy of Molly Thompson
From the early days of Musical.ly to TikTok, this is how Molly Thompson became @guacamolly.com
Emily Chung, news staff • April 17, 2025
A player runs into home plate, surrounded by her teammates. The club softball team formed a close-knit group, regardless of age, and which allowed the players to form friendships off the field. Photo courtesy club Softball.
Meet the Northeastern women’s softball team
Olufolake Okunsanya, news staff • April 19, 2025
Charlie Adams runs in a race. Adams trained for the marathon with his older sister, Ellie Adams who is training for the Chicago Marathon. Photo courtesy Charlie Adams.
First-time Boston Marathon runner, Northeastern student Charlie Adams raises thousands for cancer research
Gitana Savage, news staff • April 18, 2025
Huskies celebrate at home plate April 13. Northeastern swept Kansas State April 15 and 16, 11-4 and 5-3, respectively.
Northeastern baseball continues its streak of sweeps with win over Kansas State
Bailey Reynolds, news staff • April 17, 2025
The exterior of the Boston Children's Hospital Hale Family Building March 15. Over 400 individuals signed a letter asking for more healthcare facility protections from federal funding cuts and ICE raids.
More than 300 Massachusetts residents, healthcare workers sign letter demanding hospitals protect immigrant patients
Carson Lyle, news staff • April 17, 2025

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Professors attending a pro-Palestine encampment don white T-shirts that read "Northeastern faculty and staff support students" April 25, 2024. The new academic freedom committee is set to release a report on the university’s academic freedom policies later this month.
With free speech on college campuses in peril, Northeastern faculty senate’s academic freedom committee takes shape
Eli Curwin, news staff • April 12, 2025

After months of tense meetings with university administration and against the backdrop of the federal government’s crackdown on freedom of...

The American flag flies above Centennial Common. Many international students felt the Trump administration's reasoning behind the visa terminations to be unfounded and confusing.
Under looming threat of visa terminations, many Northeastern students left scrambling for answers
Zoe MacDiarmid, Chloe Craft, and Chris Lee April 10, 2025

Since President Donald Trump took office Jan. 20, he has followed through on his campaign promises to crack down on immigration, rapidly expanding...

Can anyone pop Northeastern’s political bubble? These students aren’t sure.
Can anyone pop Northeastern’s political bubble? These students aren’t sure.
Siera Qosaj, news staff • April 9, 2025

With its 5.2% acceptance rate, getting into Northeastern is no small feat. But once students arrive, some say the intellectual challenge stops....

Ryuichi Kihara lifts his partner Riku Miura into the air while moving across the ice during the pairs free skate March 27. The Japanese duo’s free skate and short program featured nearly perfect synchronization and difficult throw jumps, which led them to take home the gold.
Skating off to Boston: Highlights from the ISU World Figure Skating Championship
Jessica Xing and Margot Murphy April 13, 2025
Masses of protesters pour into City Hall Plaza to hear empowering words from speakers, including Mayor Michelle Wu. Demonstrators and their signs created an expanse of color.
Boston’s mass mobilization: 18 images from the ‘Hands Off’ rally
Devyn Rudnick and Chloe Craft April 9, 2025

More than 50,000 people attended the Boston “Hands Off” rally April 5, joining thousands of other Americans across the nation in an organized...

Elizabeth Siggers puts hair rollers in a customer's hair. Siggers opened Liz's Hair Care in 2001.
Liz’s Hair Care creates a welcoming environment for customers and workers alike
Kayla Goldman, news staff • April 7, 2025

Upon entering Liz’s Hair Care, customers are greeted with a warm smile from whoever is sitting behind the front desk.  Liz’s Hair Care...

Protesters hold up “Hands Off” signs and flags. The protest started in Boston Common before marching to City Hall Plaza.
Tens of thousands demand Trump take ‘hands off’ Boston amid nationwide day of protests
Chloe Craft, Devyn Rudnick, and Carson Lyle April 6, 2025

Over 50,000 people gathered in Boston Common April 5 for a “Hands Off Massachusetts” rally and march protesting the policies of President...

A student navigates the Northeastern Athletics Policy On Belonging page. Northeastern Athletics altered numerous policies, such as those regarding trans student-athletes and women's sports.
Northeastern Athletics removes language about transgender, nonbinary athletes’ participation in sports on web page about inclusive policies
Elli Einset and Siera Qosaj April 17, 2025

Northeastern Athletics has drastically changed a web page outlining its policies of acceptance toward nonbinary and transgender athletes following...

Chequered Flag: I set fire to the grass. Japanese Grand Prix recap
Chequered Flag: I set fire to the grass. Japanese Grand Prix recap
Olufolake Okunsanya, news staff • April 11, 2025

Taps mic. Testing, testing, one, two. Clears throat. I set fire to the grass! And then I set fire to it again. And then again. And then again....

Cam Maldonado runs to second base. Maldonado scored four runs over the Hofstra series, April 11 to 13.
Northeastern baseball sweeps Hofstra in fourth-straight CAA series victory
Bailey Reynolds and Valentina Swan April 14, 2025

The Northeastern baseball team (25-9, 10-2 CAA) swept the Hofstra University Pride (12-24, 3-9 CAA) in a weekend series held April 11 to 13.  In...

Max Gitlin winds up for a pitch April 1. The victory over Central Connecticut State University was Gitlin's fourth win as a Husky.
Northeastern baseball scores 12 runs against CCSU, adding on another win for the Huskies
Valentina Swan, news staff • April 10, 2025

The Northeastern baseball team (22-9, 7-2 CAA) took down the Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils (18-5, 14-1 Northeast) in an afternoon...

Ryan Gerety makes a run April 1. The Huskies won the series against Campbell April 4 to 6, maintaining a strong conference record.
Northeastern baseball stays on top of CAA after winning series against Campbell
Bailey Reynolds, news staff • April 8, 2025

The Northeastern baseball team (21-9, 7-2 CAA) won its third conference series against the Campbell University Camels (14-17, 5-4 CAA).  Northeastern...

The "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" cast and invited audience members gather for the competition, sitting on bleachers and announcing the rules. The show included colorful costumes that matched each character's backstory. Photo courtesy Ashley DiLorenzo.
Review: ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ brings rejuvenating energy to Northeastern’s theatre
Jenny Tran, news staff • April 17, 2025
A Snell Library Basement classroom (left), the Law Library and ISEC (right). To avoid Snell Library's crowded floors, students flocked to locations across campus to prepare for finals. Photos by Margot Murphy and David Martínez-Dimnet.
Column: Snell you later: Where to actually study during finals week
Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff • April 17, 2025
Students and tourists stop to look at Harvard Hall at the Harvard University campus April 10. President Alan M. Garber announced Harvard’s refusal to comply with Trump’s far-reaching demands, a decision quickly echoed by MIT and Columbia University.
Op-ed: President Aoun, it’s time to follow Harvard’s lead
Jack Masliah, deputy opinion editor • April 15, 2025

Harvard University President Alan M. Garber has displayed extraordinary courage by issuing a resounding and uncompromising “no” to the Trump...

Exterior of LightView apartment. Living off-campus proved to be cost efficient and fostered independence in students.
Op-ed: Off-campus living is an essential test of independence
Mateo Biggs, contributor • April 15, 2025

Unlike choosing classes or applying for co-op — both of which Northeastern provides structured guidance for — finding an apartment is a process...

Students and tourists stop to look at Harvard Hall at the Harvard University campus April 10. President Alan M. Garber announced Harvard’s refusal to comply with Trump’s far-reaching demands, a decision quickly echoed by MIT and Columbia University.
Op-ed: President Aoun, it’s time to follow Harvard’s lead
Jack Masliah, deputy opinion editor • April 15, 2025

Harvard University President Alan M. Garber has displayed extraordinary courage by issuing a resounding and uncompromising “no” to the Trump...

Exterior of LightView apartment. Living off-campus proved to be cost efficient and fostered independence in students.
Op-ed: Off-campus living is an essential test of independence
Mateo Biggs, contributor • April 15, 2025

Unlike choosing classes or applying for co-op — both of which Northeastern provides structured guidance for — finding an apartment is a process...

The Boston Police Department surrounds a group of pro-Palestine demonstrators on Centennial Common April 25, 2024. Nearly 40 Northeastern students' visas were revoked, leaving many confused and concerned.
Letter to the Editor: No, visas are not being revoked over Trump criticism
Matt Cosentino, contributor • April 13, 2025

In a recently published op-ed, a columnist makes the claim that “disagree[ing] with the Trump administration [will be enough for them to] come...

A Northeastern University seal in 1965. During the late 1950s Northeastern began solidifying the role of its PR department. Photo courtesy Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
Behind the creation of Northeastern’s brand: The emergence of the public relations department
Anya Hill, news correspondent • February 3, 2025
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