When Kitty Tran heard the sun was disappearing, she jumped at the chance to see it.
Tran, a second-year business administration major, knows a solar eclipse is coming and plans to skip class Monday. Tran and friends are headed to Burlington, Vermont, a town on the 115-mile-wide...
Chairs in several Northeastern classrooms were plastered with flyers reserving seats for Palestinians killed by the Israeli military April 3, prompting a committee within the university’s Jewish Studies Program to say it was “disturbed” by the incident.
The posters,...
More than 20 Northeastern faculty and staff have formed a chapter of the nationwide Faculty for Justice in Palestine group and signed on to a letter expressing solidarity with Palestine.
The letter, which faculty shared with The News, condemns what it calls penalization...
Sethuraman Panchanathan, the director of the National Science Foundation, will be the speaker at Northeastern’s 2024 graduate commencement ceremony, the university announced Wednesday.
As director of the National Science Foundation, or NSF, Panchanathan “maintains leadership...
Thousands of students adorned Centennial Common with color Saturday in celebration of Holi, a Hindu holiday meant to bid winter farewell and welcome spring.
NU Sanskriti, Northeastern’s Indian student association, hosted the annual event alongside the Center for Spirituality,...
Editor’s Note: The address for the south tower of the Sheraton Hotel was changed from 39 Dalton St. to 60 Belvidere St. in early March. As the address changed while this story was being reported, The News decided to refer to the building as 39 Dalton St. for the sake of clarity.
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When Northeastern’s Sexual Health Advocacy, Resource, and Education group and LGBTQA Resource Center were seeking a keynote speaker, Division 1 swimmer Schuyler Bailar was a top pick among the board. Along with a top 15% placement in the NCAA breaststroke category and a Harvard...
Northeastern faculty who self-identify as women make nearly 20% less than their male-identifying colleagues, according to a recently-published survey of average base salaries by the faculty senate’s Committee on Shared Governance.
Northeastern faculty were informed of the...
Editor’s Note: This story contains details of sexual assault.
A lawsuit filed last month lists a member of Northeastern’s Board of Trustees as a defendant in a sexual assault and trafficking case against rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs.
The suit alleges Lucian Grainge,...
As students will soon be able evaluate their professors and classes for the spring 2024 semester using the Teacher Rating and Course Evaluation survey, results from last fall show overall satisfaction with the education provided by Northeastern.
Results from the Teacher Rating...
The Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society hosted their 10th annual Women’s History Month Symposium March 15. The symposium brought together feminists from various fields, ranging from academia to activism, to discuss...
The Northeastern Sikh Student Association, or NSSA, and the Office of Global Services, or OGS, welcomed spring with a vibrant celebration of Punjabi culture March 15 in AfterHours. Drawing an impressive crowd of undergraduate and graduate students, the Bhangra dance workshop...
