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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

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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...

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...

Inside Sidechat: Northeastern student life, unfiltered

Inside Sidechat: Northeastern student life, unfiltered

Emily Chung, news staff April 1, 2025

  Slow walkers. Greek life. The International Village wind tunnel. Finals week. Campus dogs. Why are all the frat men short? Is anyone else sick right now? Why are people barefoot in Snell Library? All these topics and more flood the endless stream of posts...

Protesters gather in Centennial Common. The walkout was organized by the Student Mobilization Committee.

Demonstrators walk out of class, picket down Huntington Avenue: ‘Students are becoming increasingly disenchanted with the Northeastern promise’

Madison Evangelist and Chloe Craft April 1, 2025

Over 50 pro-Palestinian protesters walked out of class at 1 p.m. March 31, meeting first for a rally at Centennial Common, then picketing on Huntington Avenue, holding signs and chanting slogans before marching to the steps of Symphony Hall.  The walkout called for “immigration...

A sign reading "The People's Iftar for [Palestine]." Students held a gathering for iftar and marched down Forsyth Street March 25.

Huskies for a Free Palestine gather in ‘disruptive’ iftar on Centennial Common

Aiden Stein and Zoe MacDiarmid April 1, 2025

As the sun set on Centennial Common March 25 and the month of Ramadan wound down, demonstrators with Huskies for a Free Palestine, or HFP, held an iftar to break their fast and gather in solidarity for Palestine.  Speakers addressed dozens of attendees at the event about...

Boston is a hub of medical innovation. These Northeastern students are at the center of it.

Boston is a hub of medical innovation. These Northeastern students are at the center of it.

Caroline Baker Dimock, news staff March 30, 2025

Boston, widely regarded as a world-class healthcare hub, is home to 25 hospitals that serve as training grounds for the next generation of healthcare professionals. Through Northeastern’s co-op program, pre-med and pre-health students gain real-world experience in hospitals,...

The progress flag at the 2024 Boston Pride Parade. Students and other members of the LGBTQ+ community expressed the need to continue advocating and supporting each other following the Trump administration's threats to the transgender community.

Amid Trump’s threats, Northeastern LGBTQ+ community remains defiant: ‘This is the time to fly that trans flag’

Frances Klemm, news staff March 29, 2025

Megan Moffat, a fifth-year behavioral neuroscience major, watched the Jan. 20 inauguration live. When President Donald Trump announced in his speech that he would only recognize two genders, they collapsed.  “My partner just covered me as I sat there in silence and mourned,”...

Blue, Vinny McCatterson and Bear (left to right). All three pets were brought to Northeastern by a fraternity brother to an off-campus apartment. Blue photo courtesy Nicklaus Ohlweiler.

The other brother is a dog? Meet the beloved pets of Northeastern frats.

Carson Lyle, news correspondent March 28, 2025

Walking into a fraternity house, one may expect dim lighting and a dirty kitchen or even a mouse skittering across the floor. But some Northeastern University fraternities instead have fluffed dog beds littering the floor and plush toy mice ready for a cat to pounce on. Northeastern...