Following in the footsteps of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University and Harvard University, this month Northeastern will be the fourth school to host the Millennium Campus Conference and a cast of world-renowned speakers.
As part of its A NU Start in Boston issue, The News sat down with Executive Director of the Husky Energy Action Team Jessica Feldish for more information on HEAT.
As construction begins on a new residence hall behind the YMCA on Huntington Avenue, The News created a timeline to show the evolution of the area and the project.
At a community meeting with Northeastern administrators Tuesday night, residents of the Fenway said they know the area around Gainsborough and Hemenway streets and Symphony Road as “Animal House." There, they said, students destroy property and shatter the peace of late weekend nights, strolling through the neighborhood after bars close and parties clear out. The problem of student behavior in "Animal House" was one of several concerns residents relayed to university officials Tuesday as Northeastern and the surrounding community work to create a mutually agreeable Institutional Master Plan (IMP) for the school.
Ahead of Northeastern’s expected bond sale at the end of the month, Moody’s Investors Service said in a credit rating that the university has a stable outlook for its financial future but relies narrowly on student charges for revenue. The university is expected to sell $50.9 million in revenue bonds on August 27, according to a statement from Moody’s. Moody’s assigned an A2 rating to these bonds.This represents a mid-level A rating; the highest rating Moody’s offers is AAA.
Leymah Gbowee, a winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, is scheduled to speak during the Millennium Campus Conference (MCC) at Northeastern in September, event organizers announced this week.
As part of Northeastern University’s Institutional Master Plan process, under the auspices of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the university and the Community Task Force invite residents to a community meeting to a public discussion.
Construction crews began work last week on a 17-story residence hall behind the YMCA on Huntington Avenue, a project expected to start more than a year ago that was delayed by years of litigation and community resistance.
The Marino Center will expand this fall when a new cycling and fitness training area called Revolutionz fills the street-level space vacated in 2011 by Nutrition One.
In its latest list of America’s top overall colleges, Forbes.com ranked Northeastern 411, one spot behind the University of Kentucky and one ahead of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Four-year graduation rates are one factor in determining a school’s position on the list, but Northeastern is traditionally a five-year school. In the latest ranking, the university’s four-year graduation rate is zero percent.
