Former Massachusetts Governor and distinguished professor of political science Michael S. Dukakis hosted a panel Monday of Northeastern speakers to discuss hate, both generally and as it relates to campus.
At Northeastern, administrators receive thousands of applications from high school seniors around the globe every spring semester. With so many people hoping to be a member of the next Husky class, the task of giving each a fair read may seem impossible.
After a blizzard dumped two feet of snow on Boston in early February, students and faculty bundled in winter coats and laced up their boots to embark on the frosty trudge to class. For those members of the Northeastern community with physical disabilities, a storm the size of the blizzard, popularly dubbed Nemo, presented unique challenges.
Northeastern’s smoke-free campus initiative committee reconvened on Wednesday to review feedback from students, the faculty senate and other universities around the country.
Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank and former president of Dartmouth College, will deliver the keynote address this May at the university’s 111th commencement ceremony, Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun announced via Twitter on Tuesday evening.
Kim, a co-founder of Partners in Health and a former director of the HIV/AIDS Department at the World Health Organization, became president of the World Bank on July 1, 2012 after President Barack Obama nominated him to the post. Kim is the 12th president of the World Bank Group.
Taking on two feet of snow requires more than shovels and plows – it calls for a strategy. To keep up with snowfall rates of two to three inches per hour in temperatures well below freezing, those working to clear the drifts need a calculated battle plan.
Local residents, city officials and Northeastern administrators discussed the university’s next Institutional Master Plan (IMP) on Tuesday, touching on how the school plans to benefit the community and manage problems related to off-campus living.
Looking through her Twitter feed a few weeks ago, Rawan Alkhatib breezed over a breaking news story about a fire in southern Brazil. Alkhatib, who is currently in her first year at Northeastern, thought a tragedy of this magnitude could never happen in the quaint city of Santa Maria, where her aunt, uncle, cousins and grandmother live.
The Presidential Ambassador Corps is a new university-run program for students to get involved in running campus events for alumni, donors and other important guests.
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