Marketing firm PitchBook Data Inc., dedicated to providing the latest data on venture capitals. recently listed Northeastern University’s venture accelerator IDEA as one of 2015’s most active investors in Boston companies.
Student speakers from Northeastern University (NU) science organizations including the Marine Biology Club and the American Chemical Society will present “TED-style” to discuss issues like cancer research and tissue regeneration.
Northeastern University hosted an open forum this week to hear suggestions for its second academic plan, which will aim to create a ten-year framework for increased experiential learning and global integration. Working groups from the university will use the feedback to draft the plan for the Board of Trustees to ratify in the fall.
Two city councilors are calling for a hearing on Northeastern University Police Department’s (NUPD) decision to train and equip officers with tactical rifles.
The Northeastern University (NU) administration reached a tentative contract settlement with its 900 adjunct faculty members on Jan. 14, concluding more than a year of negotiations just five days before a planned walkout and strike.
The second term of Northeastern University’s (NU) Level Analytics Bootcamp program will commence this month in Boston’s Financial District. The post-graduate education program is an extensive two-month, full-time course that culminates in a certificate.
Student programmers in Boston will get a chance to show off their skill and stamina at HackBeanpot 2016, a 40-hour immersive workshop where students learn about new technologies and work intensively on hardware and design projects of their choice.
Crime of the Week: Monday, Jan. 18
12:47 a.m.
An individual reported to Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) headquarters that his iPhone was stolen. The student explained that after playing in the snow he could not find his iPhone 5S or the Husky Card inside. A report was filed.
Northeastern University (NU) is planning to lease a site on Burke Street, on the south side of campus, to American Campus Communities (ACC) to construct an 800-bed on-campus dorm building, according to a letter of intent the university filed to the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) on Dec. 23. The site is currently a school-owned staff parking lot.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently granted Northeastern University (NU) $496,000 to extend online seminars in nanomedicine to four minority-serving universities spanning the United States and Puerto Rico.
Dennis Michael Njoroge, 21, a fourth-year media arts major and film aficionado at Northeastern University, was found dead in the Charles River on Dec. 31, according to the Boston Globe.
After 9/11, Americans saw a spike in anti-Islamic hate crimes, a vicious backlash to the terrorist attacks. Public spaces such as parks and airports, workplaces and even college campuses were platforms for violence against what people believed was a representation of radicalism and hate. Americans became familiar with the phrase radical Muslim, but it took longer for another to catch on: Islamophobia, the dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims. Now more than ever, after the tragedy in Paris last month, college administrators and student groups are trying to protect their Muslim students from hatred and discrimination.
