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A podium at the 2024 convocation ceremony features a Northeastern logo. Northeastern faculty discussed the university's new freedom of speech and expression policies at the Oct. 16 faculty senate meeting.

Faculty express concern, frustration with Northeastern freedom of expression, academic freedom policies

Eli Curwin, news staff October 28, 2024

In a tense faculty senate meeting Oct. 16, several Northeastern professors expressed deep concern and frustration with recently adopted university freedom of expression and academic freedom policies. After the meeting, the university quietly removed the policy that drew the most...

The entrance to a men’s bathroom in Mugar Hall. NUPD implemented locks on some of Mugar Hall’s bathrooms in response to illegal activity, which was later confirmed to be in relation to prostitution.

Northeastern adds Husky Card locks to Mugar bathrooms in response to reported ‘activity in relation to prostitution’

Eli Curwin, news staff October 23, 2024

In response to reported acts of illegal activity in Northeastern’s Mugar Life Sciences Building, which Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan later specified to be “in relation to prostitution,” the university has added Husky Card locks to...

A sign taped to B.GOOD's window tells viewers that the location will be closing. The location was closed permanently Oct. 18.

B.GOOD closes for good, to mixed student reactions

Lawrence Brown, news staff October 23, 2024

B.GOOD, the farm fresh chain restaurant inside the Marino Recreation Center, closed its doors permanently Oct. 18 after nearly eight years of operation. The fast-casual spot was known for its burgers, fries and smoothies and serving up a quick farm-to-table meal. Students...

The pride flags waves above Centennial Common. The ceremony lasted about 30 minutes.

‘You are seen, you are celebrated and you are beloved’: Community gathers for pride flag raising for National Coming Out Day

Sara Sajjad, news correspondent October 18, 2024

Applause erupted in Centennial Common Oct. 11 as a pride flag was hoisted up the flagpole at the center of the Common. The flag raising is an annual event put on by Northeastern’s LGBTQA Resource Center marking National Coming Out Day and the start of OUTober, a month dedicated...

Austin Omala (left) and Kobena Idun pose for a photo. The duo started an AI designed to analyze investments for novices.

Two Northeastern students aim to make financial investing accessible with Fineas.Ai

Frances Klemm, news staff October 18, 2024

Austin Omala and Kobena Idun clicked immediately when they met by chance in the Curry Student Center their first year at Northeastern.  Now fourth-years, Omala and Idun — a business administration major and computer science major, respectively — are inseparable after...

Students who were evacuated from Marino stand outside. An NUPD officer said the fire alarm in the building was triggered by a malfunctioning suppression pipe.

Fire alarm triggered in Marino Recreation Center, prompts evacuation of nearby buildings

Lawrence Brown, news staff October 17, 2024

A fire alarm was triggered at the Marino Recreation Center just after 11:30 a.m. Oct. 17, prompting the evacuation of the recreation center, the adjacent Wollaston’s Market, B.GOOD, Tatte Bakery & Cafe and the Marino Mail Center.  A university spokesperson told The...

Courtney Cade stands on the steps of the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute. Cade shared how she believes diversity benefits whole communities.

‘It feels more isolating’: Northeastern Black students and staff express concerns amid drop in Black first-year enrollment

Nikkia Jean-Charles and Heidi Ho October 15, 2024

Professor Régine Michelle Jean-Charles, director of the Africana Studies program and Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice, was attending a talk by the first Black female Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson when one of her students sent her an email containing...

Northeastern implements a 100 co-op application limit on NUWorks

Northeastern implements a 100 co-op application limit on NUWorks

Meghan Hirsch, news staff October 14, 2024

On Sept. 12,  Reddit user AgreeableReception22 posted on Northeastern’s main Reddit forum, “Is NUWorks only allowing 100 co-op applications this time?” The post received over 20 replies from various Reddit users, who expressed confusion and disappointment about the...

The CRRJ office in Dockser Hall. The project was founded in 2007.

‘We now have the facts’: The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project tells victims’ stories, decades later

Frances Klemm, news staff October 11, 2024

In 2008, Northeastern law professor Margaret Burnham was an attorney representing the families of the victims of a crime more than four decades old. The case, which involved two Black men who were brutally murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in May 1964, changed Burnham’s career and...

Rally participants march down Huntington Avenue Oct. 9. The rally took place two days after the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel.

Pro-Palestine demonstrators protest military industrial companies at Northeastern’s career fair

Alexis Algazy, Sarah Mesdjian, Elli Einset, and Lily Cooper October 10, 2024

Dozens of people marched from the Christian Science Plaza to the Cabot Center Oct. 9 in protest of Northeastern’s all-day career fair, which featured several companies that manufacture military equipment and supply it to Israel.  The rally, organized by unofficial student...

A member of the AerospaceNU e-board speaks about the Intro to Avionics program. The e-board outlined the structure of the club, which is split into five projects, each building a different aerodynamic object.

Students in AerospaceNU launch into hands-on learning

Madison Evangelist, news correspondent October 9, 2024

In February, AerospaceNU members braced the frigid New England winter and bundled up to launch two rockets in Saint Albans City, Vermont. That day, the Teapot, a 78-inch dual deployment rocket, and the Rubber Ducky, a 96-inch bright yellow Bulkhead innovations rocket, both successfully...

Students partake in a vigil commemorating the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attacks on Israel. The vigil was hosted by Northeastern Hillel.

Northeastern Hillel, community gathers for vigil one year after Oct. 7 attacks

Frances Klemm, news staff October 9, 2024

Hundreds of students gathered on Krentzman Quad Oct. 7 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attacks on Israel that left approximately 1,200 people dead and more than 250 held hostage by the Islamic, Palestinian nationalist militant group.   The tone of the...