In an event that drew student and adjunct faculty protest, the 2015 State of the University, while full of praise for Northeastern University (NU), expertly-shot videos and fundraising goals, was empty of constructive discussion about what the school can do to improve.
Each year, Northeastern University’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) directs its attention toward various issues impacting the global economy. The focal point of the center’s 10th annual conference will be the human right to access clean, drinkable water and help provide more information regarding that right.
A Kickstarter campaign started by junior game design major Jordan “JJ” Surkin has surpassed its fundraising goals, ensuring Surkin will have the funding to print 500 copies of his role-playing card game, Alibi.
A new coalition of student groups, Students Against Institutionalized Discrimination (SAID), formed this month to call attention to institutional discrimination and to advocate for diversity training at freshman orientation.
Hillary Chute is a scholar of subjects outside the traditional realm of literature studies, focusing on graphic novels, comic books and manga as opposed to Gothic romance and poetry. Her new book, “Disaster Drawn: Visual Witness, Comics and Documentary Form,” examines how comics and graphic novels can document tragedies and is the subject of a presentation she will give Thursday as a part of the Barrs Lecture Series.
Next semester, parents and siblings of current undergraduate students will receive a 25 percent discount on graduate certifications and degree programs.
Northeastern University sent out an email Thursday informing students pursuing degrees in elementary education that the program would be cut, surprising undergraduates with dreams of pursuing careers in teaching.
Northeastern University students are used to seeing campus police officers in the Curry Student Center and strolling St. Stephen Street on crowded weekend nights, but sectors of the Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) have gone unnoticed for years. For almost four decades, NUPD has been conducting plainclothes and undercover operations to recover stolen property, regulate underage drinking and maintain the peace on campus.
Chatter filled Blackman Auditorium on Tuesday as anxious students filed into seats and waited to hear from the founder of the satirical news publication “The Onion.” At the event, hosted by the Council of University Programs (CUP), Scott Dikkers discussed the history of the website, concentrating on his early years and The Onion’s first days.
Miranda Prasad, a third-year finance and management information systems student, biked more than 800 miles across the Pacific Northwest this summer as a participant in Bike & Build’s Drift West program. The organization works to create and provide access to affordable housing options across the country.
For many professors, writing is a natural next step in their careers as academics, and those at Northeastern University are no exception. Gary Goshgarian, the author of eight thrillers, is a professor in the English department. Michael Patrick MacDonald, who wrote two memoirs about his life growing up in Boston and connecting with his Irish roots, is an author-in-residence with the Honors Program. Professors publish books on foreign policy, crowdsourcing, masculinity in British imperial culture – the list goes on and on. The News compiled a sampling of books released in the last year.
Five members of Northeastern University’s Entrepreneurs Club and local startup founder Josh Trautwein gathered in a private room at South End restaurant Tremont 647 on Monday to discuss everything from building a small business to devising an idea for a startup. Dining on salad, a variety of entrees and banana pudding, students asked Trautwein, founder of Fresh Truck and a Northeastern alumnus, about his experiences and insights.
