Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof will discuss his 2009 novel “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” on April 15 in Blackman Auditorium.
Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the longtime stalwart of old-school politics who guided the city through a period of vast transformation, announced he would not seek a sixth term last Thursday.
The mayor delivered the televised speech at Faneuil Hall in characteristic Menino style – fondly reminiscing about the city’s neighborhoods, boldly declaring he could have won another election and charmingly botching parts of the English language.
Seven RAs from the FLYS complex were fired last week when the Department of Housing and Residential Life (ResLife) discovered the majority of the staff had failed to perform some or all of their nightly rounds between the beginning of spring semester and spring break.
The net cost of attending Northeastern will increase 2.9 percent next year, and university leaders said at a budget rollout presentation Wednesday that financial aid allocations will increase at double the rate of tuition.
Since Northeastern announced Jim Yong Kim, World Bank president, as this year’s commencement speaker last month, students and faculty have chimed in on the selection – some highly supportive of the choice, and others decidedly less so.
Hundreds of students packed Matthews Arena last Friday night to raise awareness and money for cancer research through the university’s fourth annual Relay for Life.
Cheers and laughter along with oohs and aahs filled Blackman Auditorium on Friday night as Northeastern kicked off its 16th annual, three-day ASL (American Sign Language) Festival.
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.
