Northeastern spent $1,080,000 lobbying the federal government in 2024, the fifth-highest among all U.S. universities and the highest among private universities.  The university recorded $270,000 in spending each quarter, according to public lobbying disclosures filed under...

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun appointed Beth Winkelstein as the next provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, according to an email to the university community May 27. Winkelstein, who will be the first woman to serve in the role since the Office of the...

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun joined 50 university presidents and industry leaders May 22 in signing a joint statement calling on the federal government to restore research funding, which has seen significant cuts under the second Trump administration. The statement,...

Northeastern reported $270,000 in federal lobbying in the first quarter of 2025, outspending most U.S. universities. The numbers were disclosed in a report filed April 21, which outlines the university’s lobbying activity from Jan. 1 to March 31 — a time marked by the...

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun joined more than 320 — and counting — U.S. higher education leaders in signing a joint statement denouncing the Trump administration for “endangering American higher education.”  Entitled “A Call for Constructive Engagement,”...

After months of tense meetings with university administration and against the backdrop of the federal government’s crackdown on freedom of speech at higher education institutions, the Northeastern faculty senate has staffed and charged its newly-minted academic freedom committee. Created...

Northeastern’s Office of Global Services, or OGS, sent an email to international students April 6 warning of the mounting threat of visa revocations after “approximately” 40 Northeastern students’ and graduates’ visas were terminated.  In the email, OGS warned students...

More than 3,050 people, including 27 affiliated with Northeastern, have signed on to a public statement dated March 11 denouncing the Trump administration’s push to combat what it calls antisemitism on college campuses by detaining international students, professors and staff...

An email sent to Northeastern community members March 26 warned of immigration restrictions following a nationwide crackdown on non-citizens who have participated in activism on college campuses. Upon taking office Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order...

Over 200 Northeastern faculty, staff, trainees, students and alumni signed a letter addressed to Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun and senior leadership March 25, urging university leaders to release a public statement condemning the onslaught of executive orders targeting...

Amid nationwide hiring freezes and slowdowns spurred by the Trump administration’s efforts to slash federal spending, Northeastern has "considerably" slowed its hiring, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan said at a March 12 faculty senate meeting.  Since...

The Department of Education, or Education Department, announced March 11 that it plans to cut nearly half of its employees, taking its total staff from around 4,133 workers to 2,183, a move that will likely have direct impacts on federally funded education in the United States. The...