Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan announced to Northeastern’s Faculty Senate Dec. 6 that there were several "rule violations" at a Dec. 1 sit-in organized by Huskies for a Free Palestine, signaling that protestors' disruption of university...
Sonel Cutler, deputy campus editor
• December 23, 2023
Over 130 faculty and staff members, as well as hundreds of students, have signed an open letter to the “Northeastern community” condemning antisemitism and criticizing those who have used controversial slogans at pro-Palestinian protests including “From the river to the...
For the second year in a row, Northeastern accidentally sent acceptance emails to prospective students, only to later rescind them.
Due to a “technical error,” 48 out of nearly 64,000 applicants for master’s degree programs at Northeastern received acceptance letters...
Huskies for a Free Palestine held a sit-in Dec. 1 protesting the university’s research partnerships with companies sending military weapons to Israel and expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people. According to a post on the group's Instagram, over 100 participants...
Arif Mohammed, a first-year computer engineering major at Northeastern’s Oakland campus, was killed in a double hit-and-run Nov. 19, according to local reports. He was 18 years old.
The fatal crash, which occurred just before 11 p.m. on Highway 13 in Oakland, California,...
A Northeastern University Police Department, or NUPD, mechanic struck a homeless pedestrian in an NUPD vehicle July 5, while the pedestrian was crossing a crosswalk at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, according to a police report The News recently...
Shane McCarthy, a Northeastern student remembered for his bright personality and adventurous spirit, died Nov. 30 after suffering from complications related to bacterial meningitis, according to an obituary made public online. He was 21 years old.
McCarthy was a third-year...
Over the course of the fall semester, a new club has been developed by students with a unique similarity: They are all adopted.
The Adopted Student Organization, or ASO, is a new club geared toward forging a community on campus among students who have been adopted. Octavia...
Many college admissions officials across the country weren’t surprised when, in June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that higher education institutions could no longer use race as a factor in their admissions process. Some, including Northeastern’s Chief Legal, Compliance and...
On Nov. 14, the Graduate Employees of Northeastern University, or GENU-UAW, announced the members of its first bargaining committee, the union’s first major step towards bargaining with the university since its certification in September.
The election of a bargaining committee...
When a person first hears of the sport “broomball,” they may imagine a knock-off Quidditch match. But rather than flying around a field, broomball takes place on ice and is an enjoyable pastime for many Northeastern students.
Broomball originated in Canada during the...
Northeastern’s faculty senate held its biweekly meeting Nov. 15 to discuss the university’s Oakland campus housing availability, experiential learning complications and developments, continued global campus expansion, adaptations the school will make to conform to the Supreme...
