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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 students and staff from the Office of the Provost.  Sive came to Northeastern in June 2020 as the dean of the College of...

Since the start of 2023, Northeastern staff and faculty donated a total of $1.6 million toward various political action committees and candidates, 99% of which went to Democratic campaigns. In the same timeframe, five members of Northeastern’s Board of Trustees collectively...

Senior Northeastern officials said during an Oct. 30 faculty senate meeting that the university could allow faculty representation in the institution’s policy-making process. A senior vice president also said the external affairs department revised its FAQ page about protest...

Lucian Grainge, a member of Northeastern’s Board of Trustees and CEO of Universal Music Group, was dismissed from a lawsuit claiming he aided and abetted rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs in alleged sexual abuse.  Grainge, who was listed among around 30 defendants in the sexual...

A class action lawsuit filed Oct. 7 against Northeastern and 39 other private universities alleges the institutions are overcharging students by requiring them to list the income of noncustodial parents in financial aid applications.  According to the lawsuit, brought by...

Elizabeth Hudson, dean of Northeastern’s College of Arts, Media and Design, will resign from the position effective June 30, 2025, according to an email to the college’s students and staff from the Office of the Provost sent Oct. 16.  Hudson assumed her role July 20,...

It’s been one year since Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun made a statement about the Israel-Hamas war, an international conflict that has roiled the campus community and colleges around the country.  Aoun, in a letter cosigned by Provost and Senior Vice President for...