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...
Frances Klemm, news correspondent
• September 24, 2024
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...
Each year, Northeastern becomes more selective than the last; for the Class of 2028, its 5.2% acceptance rate to the Boston campus rivaled that of nearby Ivy League institutions Harvard University and Brown University.
The single-digit number — which also encompasses Early...
A Northeastern student was the victim of an attempted unarmed robbery the night of Sept. 17, according to an email alert from the Northeastern University Police Department, or NUPD, sent the morning of Sept. 18.
According to the NUPD Timely Warning Notification sent to students...
Dozens of textbooks sat abandoned in the middle of Dockser Commons Sept. 12 in a demonstration against what protesters called an ongoing “scholasticide” and “genocide” in Gaza, marking the first major pro-Palestine protest on the Boston campus since nearly 100 students...
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,...
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris faced each other on the presidential debate stage for the first time Sept. 10, engaging in a heated, contentious back-and-forth that drew the attention of Northeastern students across various political affiliations.
Northeastern...
Northeastern’s leaders and administrators welcomed nearly 5,000 students to Matthews Arena Sept. 3, celebrating the school’s 126th class. Beyond the Boston campus, convocation ceremonies were held on Northeastern campuses in London, Oakland and at 10 N.U.in locations.
Boston’s...
