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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Northeastern announced a collaboration with the mental health advocacy group JED in an Oct. 31 email. The four-year partnership will bring advisors on campus to help improve Northeastern's mental health resources.

JED partnership seeks to upgrade on-campus mental health support

Katherine Mailly, news staff November 16, 2022

Northeastern announced in an email Oct. 31 that it will begin the process of becoming a JED campus in an effort to improve on-campus mental health support for students. JED is a non-profit foundation committed to destigmatizing the conversation around mental health and preventing...

After noticing that there were no sewing clubs yet at Northeastern, some students got together to form one. They are working to make the club official next semester.

Northeastern students look to form sewing club on campus

Laura Emde, news correspondent November 14, 2022

A new opportunity is on the horizon for Northeastern students who love clothing and want to learn more about the process of creating it, as a group of students are working toward creating Northeastern’s first official sewing club, another addition to the multitude of clothes-related...

Many Northeastern students have received scam emails, like this one, claiming to offer high paying part-time jobs. New security measures have been introduced to make it more difficult for other users to log into someone's Northeastern account.

Surge of scam emails prompts security concerns, new protection measures

Katherine Mailly, news staff November 14, 2022

Northeastern students have been seeing an increase in scam emails appearing in their school emails, which some say have been harder to spot due to the similarities to legitimate university emails. Following the scams, all Northeastern emails will be receiving an upgrade intended...

Northeastern's faculty senate voted Nov. 2 to create two new graduate programs in the College of Professional Studies. The College of Science voted in a Master of Science in nanomedicine and the College of Arts, Media and Design voted in a Master of Science in creative collaboration and multidisciplinary design.

Faculty senate establishes two new graduate programs

Ethan Wayne, news staff November 14, 2022

The university’s faculty senate held its biweekly meeting Nov. 2 and passed resolutions instituting two new graduate programs at Northeastern. Before voting on these two proposals, the senate gave updates on the incorporation of Mills College staff into the faculty senate,...

Northeastern students Evan Forcucci and William Cutler have created Huskypedia, a student-edited and maintained set of resources to act as an alternative to university-run sites like the Student Hub. Still in its infancy, the site has space for interested Northeastern students to add information about topics ranging from a freshman survival guide to the annual Underwear Run. Photo courtesy of Huskypedia.

Student-created Huskypedia aims to provide resources, information to students

Jesica Bak, news correspondent November 1, 2022

Dissatisfied with Northeastern’s existing online resources for student information, two students set out to create their own.  When Evan Forcucci, a first-year electrical engineering student at the time, still couldn’t find his Stetson West mailbox in April 2022, he promptly...

Susan Chira, Pulitzer-prize winning editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, spoke at Northeastern Oct. 26. She shared her perspectives on the interplay between journalism and activism at the event, "Journalism, Activism and Social Change."

Susan Chira shares insights on intersection of journalism, activism

Pavithra Rajesh, news staff November 1, 2022

Wednesday evening, Egan Research Center’s Raytheon Amphitheater was packed with students and faculty listening to a conversation about the tussle between journalism and activism.  Members of the Northeastern University community were treated to a unique perspective into...

A protestor holds a sign at a protest in Boston after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade June 24.

Northeastern alumni reflect on abortion rights, reporting 50 years later

Marta Hill, editor-in-chief October 28, 2022

Fifty years ago, Northeastern was a very different place. Women weren’t allowed to wear pants, the school was majority commuter students and it was one of the more politically conservative schools in Boston, to name a few glaring differences. About 50 years ago is also when...

Harvard professor Elizabeth Janiak came to Northeastern Oct. 20 to give a presentation on the public health implications of overturning Roe v. Wade. Some of the research she shared comes from her work as the director of social science research at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.

Post-Roe world highlighted in presentation from Harvard professor

Katherine Mailly, news correspondent October 27, 2022

Elizabeth Janiak, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and director of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, gave a presentation Oct. 20 on the broad questions of how the overturning of Roe v. Wade will affect certain geographic groups. Held both physically in Renaissance...

After the Mills-Northeastern merger was finalized this July, the historically women's college officially became Mills College at Northeastern University. The first cohort of N.U.in and NU Bound students have entered the Oakland, California campus. Photo courtesy of Carlie Chin.

Students share experiences as first N.U.in, NU Bound class enters Mills College at Northeastern

Grace Comer, campus editor October 27, 2022

Following a contentious and litigious merger, the first class of N.U.in and NU Bound students have joined the returning Mills College students in Oakland, California, at Mills College at Northeastern University.  Although the merger was finalized in July, some students say...

NU SHARE has collaborated with the Office of Prevention and Education at Northeastern and University Health and Counseling Services to open an emergency contraception vending machine in the Marino Center Atrium, which was unveiled Oct. 25. The vending machine offers discounted Plan B pills and headache medicine, and free sexual and menstrual health products. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Costa.

NU SHARE installs emergency contraception vending machine, rallies for reproductive health access

Kristina DaPonte, news correspondent October 27, 2022

There’s a new vending machine on campus, but you can’t purchase a soda or candy bar from it.  On Oct. 25, NU Sexual Health Advocacy, Resources and Education, or NU SHARE, in collaboration with the Office of Prevention and Education at Northeastern and the University Health...

The 50th anniversary edition of the Northeastern News was published Oct. 28 by editors from 1967 through 1973.

The News’ coverage from 50 years ago: campus reacts to birth control speaker

October 26, 2022

This fall, the Huntington News has been collaborating with editors of the paper from 1967 through 1973. Then called the Northeastern News, the staff produced a variety of articles and editorials about birth control. Below is the text from some of those articles, to...

A virtual rendering of the proposed renovations to Snell Library was shared at the Oct. 19 faculty senate meeting. These renovations are slated to take place over the course of the next few years. Photo courtesy of David Madigan.

Faculty Senate discuss updates on academic plan, facilities, diversity

Ethan Wayne, news staff October 24, 2022

At the university’s faculty senate biweekly meeting Oct. 19, administrators shared university updates on the new academic plan, Snell Library renovations and student support initiatives, among other topics. Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan...