On Friday, nine startups created by university students participated in a battle of ideas at the third annual Beantown Throwdown. Abigael Titcomb, a Northeastern University (NU) mechanical engineering third year and founder of Knightly, fought her way to a third-place finish against teams from eight nearby universities.
BlueLight, an app that allows users to contact emergency services and provides exact location details, recently added a service that allows people on campus to contact university police when dialing for help.
Students in this summer’s inaugural Art in Ireland program were the first from Northeastern to earn their art minors by studying among the Karst Hills, sketching the Celtic high cross in Kilfenora and painting the scenic Galway Bay.
This semester, students from varying majors and backgrounds have taken over every aspect of theater production, from writing to directing to acting. Silver Masque, the student-sponsored branch of Northeastern’s Department of Theatre is hosting a series of six one-act plays that will be performed every two weeks.
Two grants will help establish a research center led by Akmar Alshawabkeh at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering (COE), in Puerto Rico over the next few months.
Northeastern Crossing, a new center intended to be a gateway to the university for local residents, formally opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday.
Almost a year after Northeastern University conducted a survey on sexual assault and misconduct on campus, the Office for Student Affairs released the results Wednesday afternoon.
Northeastern University needs to concentrate on research, personalized curriculum, online education and experiential doctoral programs, President Joseph E. Aoun said during his annual address to the Faculty Senate on Wednesday.
Jackie Cruz, best known for her role as outspoken hipster Marisol “Flaca” Gonzalez on the Netflix show “Orange is the New Black,” (OITNB), is coming to at Northeastern this Friday, where students will be able to hear her speak at 7 p.m.
Ten months after surveying roughly 25 percent of the Northeastern student body on their feelings and knowledge regarding sexual assault on campus, the university has released the results of its 2014 Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault.
After a three-year break, Northeastern University’s Husky Environmental Action Team (HEAT) is bringing back an old tradition – Do It in the Dark, a competition among freshman dorms to reduce electricity usage from Sept. 28 to Oct. 23.
The US Army Research Laboratory is collaborating with Northeastern University’s George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security in an agreement to provide $20.4 million in funding over the next three years toward defense research.
