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A look at biking in Boston

June 21, 2012

A graphical look at cycling in the city.

Spiritual life director steps down

June 21, 2012

Shelli Jankowski-Smith, the director of spiritual life at Northeastern, announced in an email Wednesday that she is stepping down from her position at the end of the month. In the announcement of her resignation, Jankowski-Smith said the Spiritual Life Center will be renamed the Center for Spirituality, Intergroup Dialogue and Service.

IDEA seeks to fund, support start-ups at Northeastern

June 21, 2012

As Northeastern’s entrepreneurship program rises in national rankings, an upstart student group dedicated to the cultivation of business ideas is helping to lead the way. The Princeton Review ranked Northeastern the nation’s ninth best college for undergraduate entrepreneurship last fall. IDEA, a student-run and operated organization, is a key asset to that program. It provides students, faculty and alumni with resources to design and develop their own business ventures.

MBTA plans improvements to 39 bus route

June 21, 2012

The MBTA detailed plans earlier this month of how it will improve the Route 39 bus, a key connector of Mission Hill and the Northeastern campus and a staple of many students’ daily routines. The proposal is part of the authority’s broader Key Bus Route Improvement Program, and calls for reduced stops, added bus shelters and more reliable service, according to a slideshow posted on the MBTA’s website.

Payne’s alleged killer ordered held without bail

June 18, 2012

The man charged with murder for the 2008 shooting of Rebecca Payne, a Northeastern student, was ordered held without bail Monday, the Suffolk district attorney’s office said. Cornell Smith, Payne’s suspected killer, was arraigned on a first-degree murder charge in Suffolk Superior Court, according to the office of Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.

Northeastern, Northwestern and constant confusion

June 7, 2012

On May 21, the Associated Press ran a correction. It appeared across several major news outlets, from Salon to Fox News. “CAIRO — In a May 20 story about the Egyptian elections, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Egypt expert Denis Sullivan was with Northeastern University in Illinois. The university is in Massachusetts.” Yes, Illinois. Home to that other school -- the one in Evanston with a similar name that begins and ends with “N.” Northwestern. Whether or not the AP made the same mistake that is all-too-familiar to many Northeastern students is unknown. But the correction certainly seems like an example of the age-old mix-up of the two universities.

NSA chooses Northeastern for cybersecurity initiative

June 7, 2012

The National Security Agency (NSA) selected Northeastern to be one of four universities to participate in a new cybersecurity initiative, the agency announced. The NSA named Northeastern a National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Operations on May 25. The program was launched as a part of President Barack Obama’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education to “broaden the pool of skilled workers capable of supporting a cyber-secure nation,” according to the NSA’s website. As part of the program, undergraduate computer science students can now focus their studies in a new cyber operations concentration, according to a university press release.

Husky Happenings

June 7, 2012

A cyclist died after a crash on Huntington Avenue near the Northeastern campus Friday night, police said. The Boston Globe reported that Kelsey Rennebohm, a 28-year old Boston College graduate student, was involved in an accident shortly before 10:30 p.m. near the intersection of Forsyth Street and Huntington Avenue. The Boston Police Department said in a statement on its website that detectives from an accident reconstruction team were working with Transit Police to investigate the incident.

Supporters honor Rebecca Payne with march for peace

May 24, 2012

Steps away from a brick building on Parker Hill Avenue, Virginia Payne stood in a parking lot Sunday and showed a crowd of onlookers the apartment where her daughter, Rebecca, was killed four years ago. She and Nick Payne, Rebecca’s father, gathered at 170 Parker Hill Ave. shortly before 1 p.m. with about 50 supporters on the fourth anniversary of their daughter’s death for a peace march to City Hall Plaza. Several people traveled by bus from Connecticut — where the Paynes live in New Milford — and joined supporters, young and old, from the Boston area.

Students look forward to new entrepreneurship center

May 24, 2012

Northeastern announced this week a plan for a new Center for Entrepreneurship Education that will combine the university’s existing offerings with new initiatives to centralize the school’s growing entrepreneurship program. Trustee Alan S. McKim, who received his master’s in business administration from Northeastern in 1988, made a $5 million investment to support the center, according to the university website. Students already involved in entrepreneurship at Northeastern praised the plan, saying it shows the school cares about the subject and that it will open up the university’s programs to more people.

University plans renovations, upgrades for summer

May 24, 2012

Construction workers will renovate and upgrade several key spaces at Northeastern this summer, including Speare Hall and the Curry Student Center. In Speare, crews will remodel restrooms and lounges and bring in new furniture, university spokeswoman Renata Nyul said in an email to The News. The dining area of CSC will see new food vendors and upgrades this summer too, Nyul said

Northeastern announces plans for satellite graduate campus in Seattle

May 10, 2012

Northeastern said Tuesday it plans to enhance its satellite campus program this September by offering graduate classes in Seattle, where the university hopes to capitalize on the Puget Sound technology sector. The Seattle branch will offer 16 graduate degree programs, according to a statement posted on the Northeastern website Tuesday. The offerings “will range from cybersecurity and computer science to health informatics and engineering.” Northeastern launched its satellite program last fall with a graduate campus in Charlotte, N.C.