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Students float down the Hoi An Cha River in coconut boats. They learned about fishing and casting from locals alongside marketing entrepreneurship. Photo Courtesy Leila Rooney.
From Saigon to Da Nang: Students embrace Vietnamese business and culture on Emerging Markets dialogue
Elise Peffer, news correspondent • November 29, 2024

Over Summer 2, a group of 19 students and three professors made their way from the most dense parts of Vietnam to the most remote areas, learning...

SGA publishes club budget reports for the first time in years, allocates $4 million to student organizations
SGA publishes club budget reports for the first time in years, allocates $4 million to student organizations
Eli Curwin, news staff • November 26, 2024

In spring 2024, nearly 95% of participating Northeastern undergraduate students voted to increase the transparency of the Student Government...

 Students enter Carson Hall at Marymount Manhattan College. During a town hall conversation with Ken Henderson, he reaffirmed Northeastern's commitment to maintaining the essence of Marymount Manhattan College. Photo courtesy Marta Hill.
Chancellor says Northeastern remains committed to Marymount Manhattan performing arts programs after merger
Eli Curwin, news staff • November 26, 2024

Following the spring announcement that Northeastern would add a fourth undergraduate campus to its network by absorbing Marymount Manhattan College,...

The "Rooted" art installation on Krentzman Quad. The piece was installed in April and has since received many negative comments from students.
SGA votes to remove art installation ‘Rooted’ from Krentzman Quad
Paloma Welch and Sara Sajjad November 25, 2024

On Oct. 28, the Student Government Association overwhelmingly voted to remove Cicely Carew’s “Rooted” art piece from Krentzman Quad after...

Hazel Sive speaks at Northeastern's Boston convocation ceremony Sept. 3. Sive started as dean of Northeastern’s College of Science five years ago, and will be resigning June 30, 2025.
Northeastern College of Science Dean Hazel Sive announces resignation after five years leading college
Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff • November 21, 2024

Hazel Sive, the dean of the College of Science, will resign from her position effective June 30, 2025, according to a Nov. 15 email to the college’s...

FEC data show disparity in Northeastern employee, Board of Trustees political donations
FEC data show disparity in Northeastern employee, Board of Trustees political donations
Frances Klemm, Lily Webber, and Olivia Mintz November 20, 2024
A Northeastern University sign on the Boston campus. Faculty members expressed concerns at the Oct. 30 faculty senate meeting over an apparent lack of clarity regarding the university's freedom of expression policies
Faculty press administration for representation in policy making, increased freedom of expression protections
Emily Spatz, campus editor • November 6, 2024
Lucian Grainge speaks at the Treasury Connect Creative Industries Conference May 3, 2023. Grainge was recently dropped from a list of defendants in a sexual assault and trafficking case against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Photo courtesy Kirsty O'Connor, HM Treasury, flickr.
Northeastern Board of Trustees member dismissed from sex-trafficking, abuse lawsuit
Lily Webber, deputy campus editor • October 30, 2024
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The exterior of the Mugar Life Sciences Building. NUPD arrested a 61-year-old man for lewd behavior in a first-floor bathroom in the building June 6.
NUPD conducted operation in response to lewd behavior in Mugar in June, police report shows
Zoe MacDiarmid, deputy campus editor • November 19, 2024

Over the summer, a Northeastern University Police Department, or NUPD, operation led to the arrest of a 61-year-old man for lewd and lascivious...

Aaron Yeung poses for a photo. Yeung began making social media content in seventh grade, and has since grown his Instagram and TikTok accounts to have more than 100,000 followers combined.
Meet ADrizzy, Northeastern’s newest campus celebrity
Emily Chung, news staff • November 18, 2024
Students chat and eat meals in The Eatery at Stetson East. Many students with food allergies and dietary restrictions described having trouble finding safe food in the university's dining halls.
Students concerned about Northeastern’s lack of assurance about allergy-free options in dining halls
Antaine Anhalt, news correspondent • November 14, 2024
Ryder relaxes on a ledge in Snell Quad. The NUPD recently introduced Ryder as Northeastern's third wellness dog, alongside Cooper and Sarge.
‘The dogs are the biggest connection’: Ryder joins force of NUPD wellness dogs
Tanvi Saxena, news correspondent • November 13, 2024
Libby Collard, Odile Jordan and Ellen Valente (left to right)examine a map of London at the London Archives in 2022. Detailed maps revealed not only locations of Black communities and borders, but also hidden cultures. Photo courtesy Oliver Ayers.
‘Mapping Black London’ reveals hidden history, reshapes understandings of Black people in London
Meghan Hirsch, news staff • November 22, 2024

What if you could use technology to uncover the past of a place you thought you knew?   Researchers on Northeastern’s “Mapping Black...

The exterior of Reinhardt Hall on Northeastern's Oakland campus. Northeastern told The News it will continue to consider legacy admissions for students admitted to its Oakland and Silicon Valley campuses despite a new California bill that banned legacy admissions. Photo courtesy Lauren Matthews.
California banned legacy admissions. Northeastern Oakland still plans to consider them.
Lily Cooper, news staff • November 11, 2024
The exterior of One Portsoken. Northeastern recently added nine new classrooms to the fifth floor after acquiring four floors of the building. Courtesy of Emma Mazintas
Northeastern’s London campus opens new space, doubling previous size
Frances Klemm, news staff • November 4, 2024
An entrance to Northeastern’s new building on the Seattle campus. It was built to serve as a collaborative space for students and faculty. Photo courtesy Sneha Chakrabarty.
Northeastern expands Seattle campus with opening of ‘The Hub’
Laura Emde, news staff • October 31, 2024

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An SGA seal logo hangs in the SGA office. The SGA was founded in 1921 as the Student Council.
Student Government Association looks to open communication, transparency with Northeastern student body
Lily Webber, deputy campus editor • November 13, 2024

When Student Body President Matthew Coughlin and Executive Vice President Cassidy Donoghue decided to join the Northeastern Student Government...

People sit during Northeastern’s Veteran’s Day ceremony. The event honored those who lost their lives and celebrated alumni and student veterans.
Northeastern celebrates Veterans Day, honors student and alumni veterans
Lawrence Brown, news staff • November 12, 2024

Dozens of veterans, families, students and faculty gathered at Northeastern’s Veterans Memorial on Neal F. Finnegan Plaza Nov. 11 to celebrate...

Arnon Mishkin (left) and Costas Panagopoulos speak about the presidential election results to a crowd in Shillman Hall. The two recapped factors that led to Donald Trump's victory, and answered student questions about the election results.
‘What Just Happened?’: Election experts shed light on 2024 election outcome
Paloma Welch, news correspondent • November 12, 2024

On Nov. 7, distinguished professor of political science Costas Panagopoulos and Fox News decision desk Director Arnon Mishkin held a panel in...

Alina Anatoliivna Karban, Kateryna Leonidivna Yablinska, Inga Vyshnevska and Yevheniia Yemshenetska (left to right) participate in the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation discussion. The four delegates shared insights into how U.S. media coverage of Russia's war against Ukraine could be improved.
U.S. coverage of war against Ukraine must improve, Ukrainian officials say at Northeastern panel
Chloe Craft, news correspondent • November 9, 2024

Six Ukrainian public communications experts gathered in Holmes Hall Oct. 31 to discuss the role of the media in the coverage of Russia’s full-scale...

The exterior of Churchill’s. Students expressed excitement over the prospect of new food options in the space.
Churchill’s Creations closes, two new restaurant spaces to open in fall of 2025
Lily Webber, deputy campus editor • November 8, 2024

The space that housed Churchill’s Creations, the restaurant located on the bottom floor of Churchill Hall, is closed for renovations until...

Valentina Moghaddam, Eve O’Sullivan and Luke McLoughlin (left to right) pose for a headshot. Students and faculty across campus expressed a wide range emotions in response to the results of the 2024 presidential election.
Northeastern community stunned after Trump reelection
Frances Klemm, news staff • November 8, 2024

The atmosphere on campus shifted early Nov. 6 as news of Donald Trump’s return to the White House reached Americans. “I feel like sh**,”...

Naomi Rajput (left) and Evan Smith pose for a headshot. The two co-founded Eden, a software with AI components that aims to help simplify administrative tasks in healthcare for both workers and patients. Right photo courtesy Evan Smith.
‘Eden is the future’: Northeastern students’ healthcare startup redefines healthcare administration
Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff • November 7, 2024

Two Northeastern students, dissatisfied by the overworking of healthcare employees they saw all around them, have turned to technology to rectify...

A drum set in the Ryder 364 practice room. Students expressed frustrations with the limited number of music and performing arts practice spaces available on campus.
Lack of practice space on campus holds back performing art groups and musicians, students say
Auden Oakes, news correspondent • November 7, 2024

Donovan Collins, a fourth-year behavioral neuroscience major, has been a drummer since he was 10. Once he got to Northeastern, he joined the...

Kellie Carter Jackson speaks during a speaker engagement event in 2022. Jackson visited Northeastern Oct. 30 to discuss her latest book. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
‘Anger is useful’: Kellie Carter Jackson educates Northeastern students on Black resistance with new book
Jenny Tran, news correspondent • November 6, 2024

Author and scholar Kellie Carter Jackson visited Northeastern Oct. 30 to talk about her newly published book titled “We Refuse: A Forceful...

Graphic courtesy Bipartisan Disagreement Club.
At Northeastern’s Bipartisan Disagreement club, students unite over disagreeing
Paloma Welch, news correspondent • November 5, 2024

After a particularly heated Thanksgiving dinner in 2020, Ben Nigrin left the table feeling defeated.  Nigrin, a Northeastern alum with a...