Northeastern needs to do more to distinguish itself from other universities during a “critical tipping point” in the future of higher education, President Joseph E. Aoun told the Faculty Senate on Wednesday.
The annual public safety report for Northeastern in 2012-13 was released last week. Above is a graphic representing some on- and off-campus crime statistics in the last couple years.
With the presidential election entering the final stretch, the Northeastern Student Government Association (SGA) has seized the occasion to launch NUVotes, an initiative comprised of various campus organizations designed to register students to vote and spark a greater interest in politics on campus.
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.
