This Tuesday, a coalition of student activist groups on campus came together to air out their grievances with their university. At the event, The Real State of NU, in opposition to President Aoun’s annual State of Northeastern address, the Progressive Student Alliance (PSA), DivestNU, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and NU Sexual Health Advocacy, Resources and Education (S.H.A.R.E.) created a list of demands they intend to deliver directly to the president.
As students prepare for finals and make arrangements to head back home, Northeastern University’s Institute on Urban Health Research and Practice (IUHRP) has its focus on something a little different: a final game of dodgeball.
Professor Richard Saul Wurman, creator, curator and chair of the TED series, was honored at the Museum of Science for his contribution to the sciences. The Oct. 23 ceremonycelebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Bradford Washburn Award, as well as the accomplishments of Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City and the UN Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change.
On Nov. 12, Northeastern held a campus day of action in the name of the Carrying the Weight Together movement that started over the summer by Columbia University senior Emma Sulkowicz.
With the close of midterm elections, three Northeastern alumni were elected into various offices in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Eric Estevez, CPS class of 2008, won a seat as a New Hampshire state representative; Maggie Hassan, law class of 1985, was re-elected as governor in New Hampshire; and Maura Healey, law class of 1998, was elected to attorney general in Massachusetts
The College of Arts, Media and Design is beginning the search for a new dean after the college’s founding dean, Xavier Costa, left the university in Spring 2014 for unknown reasons after four years as dean in the position. Currently Bruce Ronkin, a professor of music at CAMD, is the acting interim dean.
As Ebola continues to spread and public concern rises, Northeastern professor Alessandro Vespignani has developed a model to predict the spread of Ebola in Africa and across the globe that has been featured in publications from The New York Times to The Wall Street Journal.
With ridership of the off-campus student shuttle expanding, the Student Government Association (SGA) and the Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) have entered talks to expand the service to the nearly 6,300 students who live off campus.
The Nor’easters a capella group recently kicked off its musical season, welcoming eight new members to the group and participating at the 18th Annual A Cappella Competition at Faneuil Hall. Old and new members alike look forward to a busy season, including the chance to reclaim their 2013 International Champion title at the International Competition of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA).
The first of eight proposed Wenger Isolation SoundLok practice rooms is now open for student use. Located in Ryder Hall, the room is part of the music department’s efforts to modernize the College of Arts, Media and Design’s (CAMD) music resources.
An education at Northeastern comes with a price tag that tops $42,000/year. Before required fees, room and board and other expenses that come with living in the 10th most expensive city in the country, according to Business Insider, a Northeastern student can expect to be out almost $200,000 by the time they walk across the stage and shake President Joseph E. Aoun’s hand.
Senior mechanical engineer Jason Lee has taken traditional resin 3-D printing and adapted the process to a more edible version: chocolate customizable images.
