Northeastern’s Faculty Senate met Wednesday to deliberate on the impact of the recent U.S. tax law on NU employees and to propose improvements to various university policies, including those pertaining to research programs, leave of absence and sabbatical.
Members of the Northeastern community gathered in East Village Tuesday night to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and discuss the current climate of race in America with a panel of award-winning members of the media.
Running through the streets of Boston, all Robert LaFrance could think about were the chocolate chip pancakes from IHOP. It’s what got him through the 12 miles as he trained for the Boston Marathon.
But when he dragged his tired legs into his apartment, he didn’t indulge in pancakes. He couldn’t.
Alex Ahmed, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in personal health informatics, lives with three other people in an apartment in Jamaica Plain. Like other graduate students who work as teaching or research assistants, she receives a tuition waiver and lives off a stipend provided by the university.
