Four Northeastern graduate students were recently diagnosed with chickenpox, according to an email sent to all students on the Boston campus by University Health and Counseling Services, or UHCS, Oct. 4. According to the email, which was sent at approximately 12 p.m., the...

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, students — many of whom are voting for the first time — are making decisions about who to cast their ballot for. The News sat down for interviews with the respective representatives of the Northeastern College Democrats and Northeastern...

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, students — many of whom are voting for the first time — are making decisions about who to cast their ballot for. The News sat down for interviews with the respective representatives of the Northeastern College Republicans and...

When Dianna McIntire, a third-year psychology major, opened her annual tuition statement for the 2024-25 academic year, she was shocked.  “Are you serious? Oh my god, that’s crazy,” McIntire said. McIntire is not alone in her reaction. Northeastern, once considered...

Laundry machines in Northeastern residence halls, which, for years, cost most students $3 to do one cycle of laundry, are permanently free to use as of the fall 2024 semester.  For students, the development was surprising but welcome; many were still under the impression...

Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off with the annual Parade of Flags Sept. 18, a march starting at the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute and ending at Krentzman Quad with a block party. Students carried vibrant, diverse cultural flags through the parade, which they said...

Students’ level of satisfaction with the campus climate and their overall experience at the university rose from 2021 to 2023, according to the 2023 Diversity and Equity Survey Northeastern published in August. Meanwhile, satisfaction at global campuses lagged when compared...

For years, James Alan Fox has believed the media plays a big role in misrepresenting mass killings. Now, he works with some of the biggest news outlets in the nation to combat misinformation and inflammatory, exaggerated facts that often cause panic among the public.  Since...

On Sept. 18, the Young Democratic Socialists of America of Northeastern launched a new campaign to push Northeastern to cover all Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, fares for students, faculty and staff.  The campaign, called “Free the T,” urges the...

U.S. News & World Report ranked Northeastern University 54th in its annual national college report for 2025, moving the university one spot lower than its 2024 ranking.  Northeastern was just shy of the top 50 colleges and universities for the second consecutive year,...

On a busy Tuesday afternoon that marked 49 days until the 2024 presidential election, students milled around a table set up in the lobby of Snell Library, complete with a multicolored prize wheel, handfuls of candy and round stickers that read “NORTHEASTERN VOTES.” Northeastern...

A video sent to The News the afternoon of Sept. 18 shows a rodent crawling across a ceiling beam in Northeastern’s International Village dining hall above one of the food stations.  Giovanna Calicchio, a second-year criminology and criminal justice combined major, and a...