Northeastern President Joseph Aoun is leading a coalition favoring the extension of low-interest Perkins education loans. Aoun heads a group of 32 university presidents, including Tufts University President Lawrence Bacow and Boston University President Robert Brown, in signing a letter sent to US Department of Education Secretary Arnie Duncan Feb. 9, to keep the Perkins federal loans for students beyond the current 2014 expiration date.
Almost 1,000 disgruntled members of the Huntington Avenue YMCA have begun distributing and signing a petition to prevent Phoenix Property Company and Northeastern from buying two wings of the building and constructing a dormitory in their place.
More than 970 of 2,700 Huntington Avenue branch members have signed the petition, which began in late January.
Newly named Senior Vice President and General Counsel Ralph Martin said he’s looking forward to helping plot Northeastern’s future and pleased to be contributing to an institution he’s seen develop over several decades.
A 30-year-old man was found unresponsive in the stairway of the Renaissance Parking Garage at 835 Columbus Ave. early Wednesday morning, and later pronounced dead of an apparent overdose, according to the Boston Police Department (BPD).
About 100 students met with local business leaders from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at Curry Student Center to exchange ideas in the second Northeastern Entrepreneurship Expo, or NEXPO.
The Arts and Design Superheroes, a group of art students, call the quote “Art happens here” their motivation for taking on a new project to design and create graphic murals outside the art studios in Ryder Hall.
What’s in a name? What’s in the changing of a name? The club once known as NUBiLaGA, which stood for Northeastern University Bisexual, Lesbian, and Gay Alliance, has changed its name to NU Pride last month.
Three students enrolled in the university‘s study abroad program in Cairo, Egypt returned to Boston last night after spending more than a week in the politically unstable country.
Danielle Kluger, a middler criminal justice major who was one of three Northeastern students in Egypt, said the protests came as a surprise to her when they started Jan. 25.
Aided by a contribution from the student recreation fee and a yet-to-be-named donor, Northeastern will give the Cabot Physical Education Center an interior makeover starting in April.
The deans of the three newly-formed colleges met Jan. 27 in Curry Student Center’s McLeod Suites to meet students and discuss concerns and new ideas for the future of their new institutions, all saying they were optimistic toward programs and co-ops offered through the university.
Northeastern’s Faculty Senate members voted Wednesday in favor of cutting activities periods by a vote of 30-2, with one abstention.
The resolution details a plan to replace free periods Wednesdays and Thursdays with a new course sequence. This change will support an additional 226 class sections. It must now be approved by the provost and the president before implementation.
Northeastern received nearly 43,000 applications from prospective freshmen for the fall term, more than any private university in the country and breaking its own record for applications received.
The resolution details a plan to replace free periods Wednesdays and Thursdays with a new course sequence. This change will support an additional 226 class sections. It must now be approved by the provost and the president before implementation. 
