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The Northeastern University Health and Counseling Services office. UHCS recently made medication abortion available to students.

For the first time, University Health and Counseling Services is prescribing medication abortion to students

Carson Lyle, news staff April 13, 2025

After a three-year-long student campaign, the spring 2025 semester marked the first time medication abortion was available to students through Northeastern’s University Health and Counseling Services. The push to offer prescriptions for medication abortion was led by the...

A group of dancers strike a pose during Greek Sing. Members of Northeastern Greek life raised over $79,000 while performing in Blackman Auditorium. Photo courtesy Miles Mu

Northeastern fraternities and sororities raise $79,000 during annual Greek Sing competition

Grace Cargill, news staff April 11, 2025

Blackman Auditorium transformed into a world of happily ever afters April 2 at Greek Sing, an annual dance competition featuring Northeastern’s Panhellenic sororities and fraternities in the Interfraternity Council. This year the competition raised over $79,000.   In preparation...

The American flag flies above Centennial Common. Many international students felt the Trump administration's reasoning behind the visa terminations to be unfounded and confusing.

Under looming threat of visa terminations, many Northeastern students left scrambling for answers

Zoe MacDiarmid, Chloe Craft, and Chris Lee April 10, 2025

Since President Donald Trump took office Jan. 20, he has followed through on his campaign promises to crack down on immigration, rapidly expanding detention efforts and visa revocations.  "This is the first arrest of many to come,” Trump wrote in a March 10 Truth Social...

The directors of the Husky Startup Challenge introduce Demo Day. Eight finalists pitched their companies with the hopes of winning money, with the first place prize being $5,000.

At the Northeastern University Entrepreneurs Club’s Demo Day, entrepreneurship mixes with creativity

Carson Lyle, news staff April 10, 2025

The Curry Ballroom was filled with sharp suits and matching loafers. The low buzz of hopeful entrepreneurs practicing their last-minute pitches echoed throughout the room. Friends, family and business enthusiasts began to take their seats as the lights dimmed.  It was time...

Can anyone pop Northeastern’s political bubble? These students aren’t sure.

Can anyone pop Northeastern’s political bubble? These students aren’t sure.

Siera Qosaj, news staff April 9, 2025

With its 5.2% acceptance rate, getting into Northeastern is no small feat. But once students arrive, some say the intellectual challenge stops. Classrooms, which are meant to be spaces for debate and discussion, turn into echo chambers for many students. Hope Broadhurst, a...

The exterior of Northeastern's School of Law. A speaker event with Raz Segal was canceled a day before it was scheduled for not following the proper procedures needed to hold an event, according to a statement to The News by Renata Nyul.

Jewish student group cancels Holocaust and genocide scholar speaker event after university requires list of attendees

Katarina Schmeiszer, news staff April 8, 2025

A Jewish student group on campus canceled a talk titled “Israel’s Attack on Gaza: The Question of Genocide, and the Future of Holocaust and Genocide Studies” after the university allegedly asked the group to give it the names of registered attendees. In a March 7 Instagram...

Ell Hall on Northeastern's Boston campus. An update to Northeastern's FAQ page April 6 said several students had their visas revoked.

DEVELOPING: State Department revokes 40 Northeastern students, graduates’ visas

Zoe MacDiarmid and Emily Spatz April 7, 2025

Updated Monday, April 7 at 10:00 p.m. As of April 7, the State Department has revoked 40 visas of people affiliated with Northeastern, including 18 current students and 22 alumni, according to Northeastern Vice President for Communications Renata Nyul.  Northeastern has...

Connor Martin leads the first Bee School meeting March 27. Martin taught attendees about the anatomy of a bee, job distribution in the hive and more.

Have you heard the buzz? Northeastern Bee Society launches ‘Bee School’

Paloma Welch, news staff April 7, 2025

Bee club wants more people to join the swarm of students flying to Ryder Hall for Bee School, where students are vying to earn “a Bee. S. in beekeeping!” The Bee Society hosted its grand opening of “Northbeestern” Bee School March 27, led by Bee Society President and...

A speaker presents during the TEDxNortheastern event. The event consisted of six talks ranging from neuroscience to environmental conservation.

How do you set up a TED Talk series? The students behind TEDxNortheastern know.

Jenny Tran, news staff April 6, 2025

To audience members, TEDxNortheastern’s annual speaker series lasted five hours. But to TEDxNortheastern organizers, the event was a product of 10 months of planning, coordinating and dedication to innovation.  On Feb. 22, TEDxNortheastern presented this year’s series...

Active Minds NU members meet Feb. 25 and discuss plans for Hope Day. The club aims to create a supportive environment for students.

How Active Minds creates a mental health support network at Northeastern

Ka Yat Michelle Lau and Yaxin Tang April 6, 2025

The Northeastern chapter of Active Minds will host its first Hope Day April 7 on Centennial Common, offering students an afternoon of interactive activities, therapy dogs and peer support to promote mental health awareness on campus. The group behind the event, Active Minds...

Two Northeastern first-years make their game design dreams a reality

Two Northeastern first-years make their game design dreams a reality

Charlotte Geaghan, news correspondent April 5, 2025

Most card games have the typical setup of human players crowded around a table and laughing among friends. But what if one of the players wasn’t human at all? Two Northeastern first-years, Jacob Ohlson and Will Wennik, a game design major and game art and animation major,...

The "Rooted" art installation on Krentzman Quad. The SGA announced to students April 3 that the art will be removed in mid-April, about a year after they were originally installed.

Northeastern to remove ‘Rooted’ art installation by mid-April, SGA says

Bowen Rivera, news staff April 3, 2025

The “Rooted” art installation on Krentzman Quad will be removed mid-April, the Student Government Association announced in an email to undergraduate students April 3.  The announcement comes after the Student Government Association, or SGA, voted to remove the art in...