The university on Wednesday announced the incoming class of 2013 will boast the strongest academic profile of any group of Northeastern freshman in the school’s history.
A panel of students reflected on their experiential learning experiences on Wednesday as part of a discussion related to the recently created Presidential Council on Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI).
Northeastern’s Circle K Club, a community service group, held its annual PB Jam on Tuesday with the goal of making 3,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in two hours to benefit 15 homeless shelters in the Boston area.
Rapper Kid Cudi will headline the university’s Springfest concert this year, the Council for University Programs (CUP) announced Wednesday night on Twitter. Kentucky alternative rock band Cage the Elephant will also perform at the Springfest concert. CUP said an additional “special guest,” who will be announced at a later date, will perform as well.
In her new tell-all book chronicling the life of Boston’s most notorious gangster, Shelley Murphy pulled together years of research and journalism experience to divulge to the public the details of Whitey Bulger, a man who spent 12 years on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitives List. On Wednesday in Snell Library, Murphy, a 1980 Northeastern graduate, spoke to a crowd of over 50 students and faculty members about her new book “Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice.”
Northeastern is replacing its 100 Most Influential Seniors program with a new award initiative intended to honor both juniors and seniors, the university announced this month. The Huntington 100: Distinguished Juniors & Seniors Program aims to not only award students, but to also create a group of people who can support and promote the university, Emily Hardman, the university’s director of student programming and communications, said.
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) released a new College Scorecard for the nation’s colleges this week. Compared to other Boston-area universities, Northeastern did not rate well. But students and university officials said the scorecard model does not account for some of the school’s benefits, namely co-op.
During spring break this year, some Northeastern students will work on conservation in the Grand Canyon and the Everglades, with sloths in Costa Rica and with villagers in Ecuador harvesting corn. More than 150 student volunteers, trip leaders and university staff members will participate in such service projects through the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program.
A staff member reported observing a man in the Smith Hall laundry room standing still in a strange position for several hours. Officers responded and reported the man was a mannequin with his head stuck in the dryer machine. Officers contacted the RD who reported the mannequin may have come from an art project in Ryder Hall. Officers checked Ryder with no results.
