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...
Lily Webber, deputy campus editor
• October 30, 2024
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...
During Northeastern’s 2023 fiscal year, or FY 2023, — from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 — Northeastern spent $16.8 million compensating its president, top administrators and other key employees, recently-released tax filings show.
Multiple top Northeastern officials...
More than a year after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, the share of students who identify as Black enrolled in Northeastern University's class of 2028 dropped 35%, from 7.8% to 5.1%, compared to the class of 2027.
In the class of 2028,...
Northeastern purchased a $5.5 million, 4,000-square-foot townhouse located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan Aug. 19, according to a deed filed in the New York City Register’s Office.
Located on 247 E. 71st St., the three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom residence...
“AI is our reality now,” according to Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun.
Aoun, a longtime proponent of transforming higher education to prepare for the impacts of artificial intelligence on humankind, argued for an approach to college education that places more emphasis...
