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Ted Cruz walks onto the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington Feb 26 2015. Of the over 3,400 research grants identified, 19 were from Northeastern. Photo courtesy Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons.

Nearly $14 million of Northeastern research grants deemed ‘neo-Marxist propaganda’ in investigation led by Ted Cruz

Aiden Stein, deputy campus editor February 15, 2025

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released a database of over 3,400 National Science Foundation, or NSF, grants awarded towards what he deemed “questionable” research that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion or “advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda” in a Feb. 11 press...

Students and faculty work in labs in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. A recent audit by NSF questioned $1,049,082 in Northeastern spending.

Northeastern refunds over $600,000 to National Science Foundation following financial audit

Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff February 14, 2025

A federal audit published by the National Science Foundation’s Office of the Inspector General Feb. 6 revealed significant financial mismanagement within several of Northeastern’s federally funded research projects. As a result, the university agreed to reimburse the National...

Joseph E. Aoun speaks at a tribute event for Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 16. In an email to all active students Feb. 12, Aoun addressed how the university has complied with Donald Trump’s administration’s demands.

Weeks into Trump administration, Aoun reaffirms commitment to university values

Chloe Craft, news staff February 12, 2025

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun sent an email to the Northeastern community Feb. 12 around 10 a.m. expressing a continued commitment to the university’s “core values” amid an outcry for communication from university leadership. The statement came weeks after President...

David Madigan speaks at the 2024 undergraduate commencement ceremony. A Jan. 16 email to faculty and staff announced that Madigan would be stepping down from his role as provost and senior vice president of academic affairs in June.

Aoun announces search committee for Northeastern Provost David Madigan’s successor

Madison Evangelist, news staff February 8, 2025

President Joseph E. Aoun announced the committee responsible for appointing David Madigan’s replacement as Northeastern’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs in a Feb. 5 email to the Northeastern community. The announcement comes weeks after an internal...

An ICE officer looks over documents in a Virginia field office in May 2019. Northeastern's department of sociology and anthropology provided guidance on potential ICE encounters on campus through an internal email Jan. 31. Photo courtesy flickr.

Northeastern acknowledges, prepares faculty and staff for potential ICE encounters on campus

Sonel Cutler, editor-in-chief February 1, 2025

As immigration raids ramp up across the country as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive orders and policies targeting undocumented immigrants, at least one Northeastern academic department on the Boston campus has issued guidance “about responding to possible activity...

A Northeastern seal at 716 Columbus Ave. Faculty were asked to cease all DEIA-related research.

After Trump executive order, Northeastern instructs faculty to declare, cease DEIA-related research

Eli Curwin and Zoe MacDiarmid January 31, 2025

Aiming to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders, Northeastern instructed faculty in an email sent Jan. 29 around 2 p.m. to report whether their National Science Foundation-funded research involves diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, or DEIA, principles...

‘What we need now is leadership’: Northeastern faculty voice alarm over Trump administration DEI restrictions, threats to funding

‘What we need now is leadership’: Northeastern faculty voice alarm over Trump administration DEI restrictions, threats to funding

Zoe MacDiarmid and Chloe Craft January 30, 2025

More than 430 faculty members sat in on a Jan. 29 faculty senate meeting, expressing confusion and concern following a series of federal executive orders that threaten research and diversity initiatives at Northeastern and colleges and universities across the country. Faculty...

Ell Hall on Northeastern's Boston campus. Northeastern replaced or dismantled nearly all of its DEI messaging and websites following a Jan. 21 executive order issued by President Donald Trump which instructed federal officials to investigate “illegal” DEI programs at institutions with endowments greater than $1 billion.

Northeastern purges DEI websites and messaging amid Trump executive order

Eli Curwin, news staff January 29, 2025

Under the looming threat of federal examination, Northeastern has replaced or dismantled nearly all of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI, messaging and websites.   Among several other changes, Northeastern replaced the website for its Office of Diversity, Equity...

A Northeastern emblem on the Boston campus. A faculty senate meeting Jan. 15 included the presentation of a policy that would increase the number of successive terms senators can serve.

Northeastern faculty senate rekindles discussion on freedom of expression, academic freedom policies

Zoe MacDiarmid, campus editor January 28, 2025

In the first faculty senate meeting of 2025, Northeastern faculty continued to criticize the university’s handling of its academic freedom policies, a topic that defined the majority of the senate’s sessions in the fall 2024 semester.  Louise Walker, a senator for the...

A Northeastern sign on the Boston campus. In a Dec. 11 faculty senate meeting, Northeastern Chancellor and Senior Vice President for Learning Ken Henderson presented on a spike in early decision admits, among other topics.

Chancellor’s university update reports spike in early decision applications and growing programs

Madison Evangelist, news staff January 25, 2025

Northeastern Chancellor and Senior Vice President for Learning Ken Henderson presented an annual university update to Northeastern’s faculty senate Dec. 11, 2024, covering a wide range of topics from application metrics to expanding campus student spaces. Here’s what you...

Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northeastern University David Madigan speaks at the May 2024 undergraduate commencement. He announced that he will being stepping down from the position in June.

BREAKING: Northeastern Provost David Madigan to step down in June, according to internal email

Sonel Cutler, Zoe MacDiarmid, and Kate Armanini January 16, 2025

David Madigan, Northeastern’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, is stepping down in June, according to a Jan. 16 email to Northeastern faculty and staff obtained by The Huntington News.  Madigan, who has served in one of the university’s highest-ranking...

A "Northeastern University" sign on Northeastern's Boston campus. Faculty Senate members overwhelmingly voted to create a committee to review Northeastern’s freedom of speech policies, among other changes, at a meeting Nov. 20.

Northeastern faculty vote for formation of academic freedom committee, increased influence in policymaking

Eli Curwin, news staff December 9, 2024

Following weeks of tense discussion on academic freedom and freedom of expression, members of Northeastern’s faculty senate voted overwhelmingly Nov. 20 to reaffirm the body’s commitment to academic freedom, add a representative to the university’s policymaking board and...