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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

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R. Benjamin Knapp poses for a photo. The incoming dean founded the Virginia Tech Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology. Photo courtesy R. Benjamin Knapp.

R. Benjamin Knapp tapped as next CAMD dean

Chloe Craft, news staff August 1, 2025

R. Benjamin Knapp, a researcher who has held leadership roles at various universities, including Virginia Tech, has been appointed as the new dean of the College of Arts, Media and Design, or CAMD, effective Aug. 22, the college announced July 25.  Interim Provost Tom Sheahan...

The exterior of the NUPD building at 716 Columbus Ave. Aug. 20, 2023. A first circuit court found that the NLRB’s decision contradicted its own precedents and ruled against the Board.

Court rules sergeants not allowed in NUPD union

Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff June 1, 2025

After years of legal back and forth, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled May 23 that the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, was wrong to allow sergeants and sergeant detectives to organize with the Northeastern University Police Department union. In 2023, the Northeastern...