In 2008, junior Northeastern student Rebecca Payne, who was pursuing a Bachelor of Science in athletic training, was murdered in her Mission Hill apartment. Seven years later, her killer has finally been sentenced after changing his plea from innocent to guilty.
Women are bossy; men are good leaders. Women are cold-hearted; men are goal-oriented. Women are annoying; men are knowledgable. This is the double standard revealed in a recently released interactive chart made by Benjamin Schmidt, an assistant professor of history at Northeastern. The chart documents how many times men and women were characterized by certain adjectives in their Rate My Professor reviews.
The Daniel J. McCarthy(s) Venture Mentoring Network (VMN), a university-wide network that aims to provide the advanced guidance and industry connections that Northeastern entrepreneurs need after their companies begin to succeed, debuted on Jan. 21.
With the beginning of the spring semester, Northeastern announced the appointment of Laura Wankel as the first Chief Integrated Student Engagement Officer. This new position is meant to facilitate a new<echo education model through focusing on students.
The world’s leading academic women’s journal, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, has found a new home at Northeastern under editor-in-chief Suzanna Walters,a professor of sociology and the director of Northeastern’s women’s, gender and sexuality studies program.
Whether students are earning a degree in sociology or engineering, a new summer-long program called Studio Art or Art Minor, History and Culture in Ireland offers a chance for them to express their artistic side and earn a minor in art.
For 50 million Americans suffering from an autoimmune disease, day-to-day life can be a struggle in and of itself, but Northeastern senior Lilly Stairs turned that hardship into an opportunity to help others.
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) recently recognized Simon Pitts, a professor of practice in engineering leadership and the director of the Gordon Institute of Engineering Leadership, and Michael Silevitch, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Robert D. Black distinguished professor, for their role and influence within Northeastern’s Gordon Engineering Leadership Program (GEL).
Susan Gold, professor of the practice of game design at Northeastern, founded Global Game Jam (GGJ) in 2009 after returning from a game conference in Sweden. The 48-hour event welcomes students and professionals interested in game design in over 520 locations in 78 countries to create video games in the limited time available.
