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Northeastern announced Tuesday that starting Saturday, masks will no longer be required in most indoor settings on campus. The change came shortly after the city of Boston announced the mask mandate would lift this weekend.

Students divided on Northeastern’s move to drop indoor mask mandate

Marta Hill, editor-in-chief March 4, 2022

Mandatory masks indoors will soon be a thing of the past on Northeastern’s Boston campus.  Starting March 5, masks will only be required in the University Health and Counseling Services building. The change was announced online Tuesday and in an email to students Wednesday...

The Women’s Interdisciplinary Society of Entrepreneurship is holding its second annual summit March 26 in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex. The organizers, from left to right, are Meera Patel (Director of Design), Meghan D’Arcy (Director of Marketing), Alex Stern (Head of Summit), Fatema Janahi (Director of Outreach) and Ho Yan Ho (Director of Operations, not shown). Photo courtesy of Meghan D’Arcy.

Second annual WISE summit to offer learning opportunities for all

Adessa Jayne, news correspondent March 1, 2022

The Women's Interdisciplinary Society of Entrepreneurship, or WISE, will be holding its second annual summit later this month. The event will feature a variety of speakers and workshop sessions centered around ingenuity and positive change within the field of entrepreneurship....

Northeastern announced March 1 that effective March 5 masks will not be required indoors in most settings on the Boston campus. The change came immediately after Mayor Michelle Wu announced Boston's mask mandate would also lift March 5.

Northeastern to remove indoor mask requirement for Boston campus

Marta Hill, editor-in-chief March 1, 2022

Effective this Saturday, face coverings will be “optional in all settings” on the Boston campus except University Health and Counseling Services, according to a News@Northeastern article. This change, announced online Tuesday night, marks another move toward Northeastern...

Northeastern professor Woodrow Hartzog recently won the 12th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award for a paper he co-wrote with Neil Richards, a professor at Washington University. Photo courtesy of the Future of Privacy Forum.

Northeastern professor advocates for change in US privacy policies

Sanjana Sanghani and Yeva Khranovska February 28, 2022

When whistleblower Christopher Wylie told the New York Times and the Guardian about a British consulting firm called Cambridge Analytica collecting Facebook users’ personal data without their consent, there was a public uproar. This spurred the online movement #DeleteFacebook...

Crime Log: Tuesday, Feb. 15 - Tuesday, Feb. 22

Crime Log: Tuesday, Feb. 15 – Tuesday, Feb. 22

Alexis Santoro, news staff February 28, 2022

Tuesday, Feb. 15 11:42 a.m.  A caller reported an individual used another individual’s ID to enter Davenport B. Services rendered.  1:38 p.m.  A caller reported two individuals going into the basement of 450 Huntington Ave. The area was checked.  4:59 p.m. There...

Inequitable pay and fraught working conditions have stressed Northeastern’s dining staff to the breaking point.

Northeastern dining workers join with student organizations to advocate for better pay, working conditions

Sonel Cutler, deputy campus editor February 25, 2022

Inequitable pay and fraught working conditions have stressed Northeastern’s dining staff to the breaking point. “Northeastern is burning the candle from both ends,” said Oliver Green, a second-year data science major and a lead organizer for Northeastern Young Democratic...

Winter Storm Oaklee is set to leave up to a foot of precipitation in Boston Friday morning. This follows a Jan. 31 snowstorm which left nearly two feet of snow in the area.

UPDATED: Northeastern moves Friday instruction to remote due to winter storm

Clara McCourt, managing editor February 24, 2022

This story was updated at 9:45 a.m. Feb. 25 to include the remote instruction of all Friday classes. Northeastern has moved all in-person classes on its Boston campus to remote instruction due to a snowstorm that is likely to bring at least 4 to 6 inches of snow and sleet...

East Village currently contains 723 beds, which, under the proposed plan, would be increased to 930 for the Fall 2022 semester. During the public meeting, attendees expressed dissatisfaction with Northeastern’s plan to address the housing shortage.

Students, residents voice concerns over Northeastern’s dorm upsizing

Sonel Cutler and Grace Comer February 24, 2022

At a meeting hosted by the Boston Planning and Development Agency Feb. 16, members of the public were able to ask questions and voice their concerns about Northeastern’s plan to add approximately 900 beds to rooms in the East Village, or EV, and International Village, or IV,...

On Jan. 31, Northeastern's SGA unanimously passed a Sense of Senate to prevent professors from changing the date of final exams after they are set by the registrar.

SGA passes Sense of Senate regarding the changing of final exam slots

Srishti Gummaraju, news staff February 21, 2022

On Jan. 31, the Student Government Association, or SGA, unanimously passed a resolution restricting Northeastern professors’ abilities to change final exam dates from official registrar schedules. Through this, SGA is emphasizing a pre-existing policy in the Northeastern student...

Northeastern announced Feb. 18 that effective Feb. 28 community members will not be required to test weekly if they are asymptomatic. The COVID-19 data dashboard will also be retired at the end of the month.

Students react to end of mandatory weekly COVID-19 testing

Marta Hill, editor-in-chief February 19, 2022

The latest step in Northeastern’s plan to treat COVID-19 as an endemic came Friday morning. In an email to students, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan and Chancellor and Senior Vice President for Learning Ken Henderson announced that mandatory...

A face covering requirement at Cabot Testing Center. Northeastern announced it is evaluating its mask mandate Friday.

Northeastern updates testing protocols, evaluates mask mandate

Clara McCourt, managing editor February 18, 2022

Northeastern adjusted some of its COVID-19 policies in an email Friday. Among the newly announced changes is making weekly testing optional for asymptomatic individuals and the discontinuation of the COVID-19 testing dashboard. These changes will take effect Feb. 28. The email,...

Northeastern professor Dave DeSteno’s latest book, “How God Works: The Science Behind the Benefits of Religion,” was featured earlier this year in a Wall Street Journal article about the best books on the science of mind and body. Photo courtesy of Dave DeSteno.

Northeastern psychology professor’s studies on gratitude, thankfulness featured in Wall Street Journal

Adessa Jayne, news correspondent February 18, 2022

Dave DeSteno, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University for over two decades, has dedicated his career to understanding human emotions and applying these studies to discover how individuals can lead better lives.  DeSteno’s recent book, “How God Works: The...