Northeastern police take unlocked or abandoned bikes found on campus and hold them for months at headquarters on Columbus Avenue. Each spring, the department donates unclaimed bikes to local charities.
Northeastern administrators and neighbors of the school renewed last Thursday the persistent debate about student housing, an issue that has proven critical as the university expands with little open space to move into. University general counsel Ralph Martin said Northeastern currently has enough beds for about 60 percent of the undergraduates living in Boston. He said school officials hope to one day accommodate 75 percent of Boston-dwelling undergraduates in student housing.
From their executive offices at prominent multi-million dollar companies, Richard D’Amore and Alan McKim have kept keen eyes on Northeastern’s meteoric rise. They have had good reason to watch the university closely, considering their positions on the Board of Trustees, and they have an even better reason going forward, after making a historic $60 million donation to the College of Business Administration this month.
Amid a large scandal in a state drug lab, Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach resigned this week and will take a position at Northeastern in November.
On the heels of another record-breaking year for applications, this summer included a frenzied push by Northeastern officials to renovate some of the university’s most popular academic facilities.
After months of anticipation, the Millennium Campus Conference (MCC) arrived at Northeastern last weekend, bringing with it world-renowned speakers and thousands of students.
Held in the basement of West Village F every Wednesday night, this semester’s open classroom series, entitled Policy Advice to the President, has a schedule of speakers that include Michael Dukakis, former Democratic nominee for president and professor of political science at Northeastern; Greg Mankiw, economic policy adviser to Mitt Romney; Nicholas Burns, former undersecretary of state for political affairs and many more.
Two trustees have jointly donated $60 million, the largest gift in Northeastern’s history, to the university’s College of Business Administration, President Joseph E. Aoun announced Wednesday.
Northeastern rose again in US News and World Report’s ranking of the nation’s best colleges for 2013, sharing 56th place overall with Ohio State University.
An estimated $15,000 to $20,000 will be donated by Northeastern University’s Office of City and Community Affairs to improve the drainage of McLaughlin Park on Parker Hill Avenue.
