Jake Grondin elected SGA Executive Vice-President
Maria Lovato, campus editor
January 16, 2019
Filed under Campus, Featured Content
Jake Grondin was elected SGA's Executive Vice-President during an internal election Monday. He plans to increase transparency with the student body and create more SGA connections with the administration.
It’s not what it looks like: Snell renovations add seats to 4th floor
Yunkyo Kim, news correspondent
January 16, 2019
Filed under Campus, Featured Content
Multiple renovations took place over winter break, most notably at Snell Library and Marino Recreation Center.
College of Computer and Information Sciences named for Amin Khoury
Nick Swindell, deputy campus editor
January 16, 2019
Filed under Campus
Northeastern University is now home to one of the first named colleges of computer and information science in the country.
Blind N.Y. resident sues NU over website accessibility
Maria Lovato, campus editor
January 16, 2019
Jason Camacho, a blind N.Y. resident, sued Northeastern and 50 other schools in November claiming that their websites are not accessible to him as a person with vision loss.
ITS makes slight change to ‘husky.neu.edu’ email addresses
Maria Lovato, campus editor
January 15, 2019
ITS created a dual email account for students in order to add them to Office 365's Global Address List.
SAID hosts BLM activist and co-founder in conversation
Yunkyo Kim, news correspondent
December 5, 2018
Filed under Campus
Activists Patrisse Cullors and Richie Reseda came to Blackman Auditorium on Monday to discuss their experiences with modern activism and mobilization.
TEDxNortheasternU holds first TED talk event with all female speakers
Brittany Mendez, news staff
December 5, 2018
Filed under Campus
TEDxNortheasternU hosted their first female-focused conference in the Northeastern Alumni Center on Monday. The event featured fifth-year political science major Alicia Payne and Jaclyn Long, a fourth-year bioengineering major.
Engineering clubs pushed out by renovations, with little explanation
Corey Dockser, multimedia manager
December 5, 2018
Filed under Campus
Baja Society of American Engineers Northeastern received an email from the College of Engineering on June 30 stating that they had to vacate their lab space in the basement of Richards Hall. A week later, they set up in the basement of Gainsboro Garage, struggling to continue their work with limited space a...
Northeastern alumni hold final sendoff for Punter’s
December 5, 2018
Filed under Campus
By Nick Hirano, news staff Punter’s Pub will give its final last call this month, as the Huntington Avenue dive bar is set to close its doors two years after Northeastern purchased the property. Campus-planning documents suggest that the property could be used as part of a student housing expansion. On Saturday night, ...
NU community offers different opinions on midterm outcome
December 5, 2018
Filed under Campus
By Nick Swindell, deputy campus editor The 2018 midterm elections took place Nov. 6, and for the first time since 1970, the president’s party gained seats in one chamber of congress and lost seats in the other. Northeastern students and faculty were split on what to take away from the elections, ...
Faculty Senate grills CIO on NU’s IT woes
Nick Hirano, news staff
December 4, 2018
Filed under Campus
Northeastern’s top information technology executive met with the Faculty Senate Nov. 28 to discuss his priorities for updating and improving the university’s technology infrastructure. Faculty members bemoaned the school’s outdated phone system and cumbersome online tools during the forum. Cole...
Betsy DeVos to change campus sexual assault guidelines
Maria Lovato, campus editor
December 3, 2018
Filed under Campus
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released a proposal on Nov. 16 that rewrites the rules on how schools must handle sexual assault allegations on college campuses, giving more rights to individuals accused of sexual assault. The proposal was met with controversy, with many in the Northeastern community f...
