Mark Williams, professor and chair of the Department of Physics, will assume the position of dean for the College of Science July 1, according to a June 11 email to the college’s faculty, staff and students. Williams, who joined Northeastern in 2001, will enter the role...

Senior Vanderbilt University administrator Brett Sweet will assume the position of senior vice president for finance and administration this fall, replacing longtime administrator Thomas Nedell.  Sweet held the position of vice chancellor for finance and information technology...

Northeastern introduced a new billing system for summer classes this year, with a flat rate for full-time students, according to an announcement posted by Student Financial Services, or SFS.  Under the new system, students taking either three or four classes during Summer...

Executive Vice Provost Tom Sheahan will take over as interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, President Joseph E. Aoun announced June 1. Aoun’s announcement comes five days after The Huntington News first reported on the unexpected departure of Beth...

Beth Winkelstein, Northeastern’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, has left her role after less than a year, the university confirmed in an email to The Huntington News May 28.  Winkelstein, a long-time leader at the University of Pennsylvania, stepped...

Northeastern is delayed in processing appeals, which may have required many admitted students to make a decision without knowing their financial aid status, a New York Times columnist wrote April 28. While federal law requires colleges and universities to provide a response...

Northeastern’s acquisition of Marymount Manhattan College, originally announced in May 2024, is set to be finalized by the summer.  The New York State Department of Education approved the acquisition last May, and Northeastern expects to receive approval from the federal...

Northeastern’s Student Government Association officially recognized its first student-led Indigenous club on campus April 14, following the successful appeal process of an initially deferred decision. The Native American, Tribal, and Indigenous Visibility in Education, or...

The Boston City Council passed a resolution April 15 calling on all colleges and universities across the city to increase administrative transparency and student representation.  The resolution, which passed April 15, follows a March 23 city council hearing where more than...

When Jimmy Fanuele began taking college engineering classes as a first-year, he didn’t expect students at a local elementary school to fundamentally shape his perspective on engineering. This notion changed when he took his first service-learning class.  Fanuele, a rising...

Updated May 9, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.  There is no indication that the cyberattack by ShinyHunters compromised any Northeastern-affiliated Canvas account information thus far, university security officials reported. “At this time, Northeastern hasn’t observed compromised...

Under an overcast sky, graduates filled the field as their supporters packed nearly every seat at Fenway Park April 29 to celebrate Northeastern’s Class of 2026 undergraduate commencement. Honoring the university’s 124th graduating class, nearly 6,000 graduates congregated...