Bouvé College of Health Sciences Dean Terry Fulmer will chair a committee to explore making Northeastern a smoke-free campus, according to an email Fulmer sent to students Tuesday afternoon. Fulmer said the committee will seek out the input of students, faculty and staff.
The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) will begin investigating the suspension of Northeastern psychology professor James Scorzelli, after he filed a suit with the commission alleging that the university was punishing him in retaliation for past disagreements.
Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun received more than a million dollars in compensation for the second straight year in 2010, according to a recently released university tax filing.
The results of a survey, commissioned by Northeastern University in an effort to examine the current public opinion of American higher education, indicate that most Americans believe higher education must change to stay competitive globally.
After continuous demands by members of the Northeastern Community Task Force for more detailed proposals during Institutional Master Plan (IMP) meetings, the Nov. 15 Task Force meeting was cancelled because the university said it was not yet ready to provide the specifics requested.
Working alongside Northeastern’s Oxfam America Club, several Northeastern resident assistants (RA) are set to hold a hunger banquet on Dec. 2 from 5-7 p.m in 444 Curry Student Center.
The findings of a Northeastern-sponsored survey, released today, show that 70 percent of Americans believe higher education is “extremely” or “very important” to achieving the American Dream.
On an unusually warm November day at the Veterans Memorial, Northeastern honored its service members, who have fought from the battlefields of Europe and shores of the Pacific to the deserts of Iraq and mountains of Afghanistan.
Though Boston was largely spared by Hurricane Sandy, a number of Northeastern students with roots in the mid-Atlantic region are working hard to help people in areas severely damaged by the storm.
Most Northeastern students will recall Anthony Bitetto from his days on the Matthews Arena ice. As a philanthropist? Not so much. But when Hurricane Sandy hit Bitetto’s hometown, the Northeastern alumnus set up his own fund to raise money for his community.
It’s tempting to think what we might do if we had been elected in Barack Obama’s place. It’s also the question behind If I Were President, a platform for the proposal and development of such ideas, created a Northeastern student entrepreneur.
