By Keir Bristol There are only a few venues in and around Boston large enough to host acts that attract big audiences. Check out our picks for some of the biggest shows to come to the Northeastern area this summer. Boston's Bank of America Pavilion is jam-packed with shows...

Memorial services for Becca Payne are being held this Sunday and Monday at St. John's Church in New Milford, Conn., Payne's hometown. Students, staff and faculty are invited to attend both the wake on Sunday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the funeral on Monday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m....

By News Staff Northeastern acknowledged today in a university-wide e-mail that the identity of the 22-year-old woman found shot to death in a Mission Hill apartment yesterday is Rebecca Payne, a senior Northeastern athletic training major. "Becca epitomized all that is best...

A Northeastern student who lives on Parker Hill Avenue said a man in a large black van approached her on her way home Monday night, hours before senior Rebecca Payne was found dead in her Parker Hill apartment. This revelation comes two days after Boston Police reported that...

By Anne Baker Steven Director will become Northeastern's provost July 1, said university spokesperson Fred McGrail. Director currently holds the same position at Drexel University in Pennsylvania, according to the university's website. Director graduated from the State University...

A female Northeastern student was shot and killed in her Mission Hill apartment early yesterday morning, according to police and local media reports. Rebecca Payne, 22, of New Milford, Conn., was found dead in a Parker Hill Avenue apartment yesterday, according to the Boston...

University officials are holding steady in their refusal to address the suspension of mathematics professor David Massey, who in turn is abiding by his university-imposed sanction barring him from talking to Northeastern students. Massey, former chair of the math department,...

The administration's refusal to address the suspension of mathematics chair David Massey has been "enormously damaging" to the department and the university, one professor said, and has led some department members to question university procedures for handling complaints against...

Northeastern has started a new program that would allow students admitted for the spring semester to start early by studying abroad in the fall. The program, called NUin, aims to rope in students who admissions officials say are good candidates for Northeastern but can't be accepted...

By Peter A. Martin The men's rowing team competed in the Eastern Association of Rowing Coaches (EARC) Sprints in Worcester this weekend, one of two national regattas on the Huskies' schedule. "It went pretty well, and we are pretty happy with our finish," said Bill Benjamin,...

On the surface, NUin seems like a positive Northeastern initiative. Students who don't get admitted for the fall semester get to redeem themselves by studying abroad in countries like Australia and Greece. The students seem happy; they are given the opportunity to visit exotic...

As strange as it may sound, being hated can feel good. It was late in Game 6 of the NBA Eastern Conference Semi-Finals between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs were less than a minute away from forcing a seventh game against the mighty Celtics, owners of...