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The NU community gathered Nov. 11 to remember and honor nation’s service members and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the university’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program.

On Veterans Day, NU community remembers service members, celebrates ROTC program

Tracy Wai Yee Shi, news correspondent November 21, 2021

Members of the Northeastern University community gathered at the Veterans Memorial Nov. 11 to honor the nation’s servicemembers and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the university’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, or ROTC.   At the beginning of the ceremony,...

Among other Boston schools, Harvard and BU have both committed to divesting from fossil fuels. NU has yet to announce any plans to do the same.

Northeastern falls behind local universities in fossil fuel divestment plans

Leah Cussen, news correspondent November 19, 2021

In September, Boston University and Harvard University announced their plans to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Northeastern University has no plan to divest, despite receiving pressure from the NU community.  Divestment is the opposite of investment. Universities and...

Northeastern students, staff and faculty are required to be tested once a week, regardless of vaccination status.

Boston’s universities’ COVID-19 safety measures start well in fall semester, hope for future

Sebastian Grace, news correspondent November 17, 2021

As the 2021 fall semester continues, Northeastern University has aimed to put the worst of the pandemic behind it.  The university encouraged all students, including an over-enrolled freshman class, to return to campus in September with the promise that testing, vaccination...

Graduates pose for a picture after receiving their alumni pins. The university will hold its annual commencement ceremony for the class of 2024 at Fenway Park for the fourth year in a row this spring.

After year and a half of delays, class of 2020 celebrates commencement at Matthews Arena

Matt Yan, editor-in-chief November 13, 2021

In the historic Matthews Arena Saturday, Northeastern’s class of 2020 shifted their tassels over their graduation caps and closed a chapter of their lives as students in a long-awaited celebration delayed by a pandemic that forever altered life as we knew it.  While Northeastern...

A Husky Ambassador leads a campus tour Nov. 4. Prospective students and their families are asked to attest that they don't have symptoms of COVID-19 and haven't been exposed, but no proof of negative COVID-19 test or vaccination is required.

Husky Ambassadors voice concerns over vaccination policy for tours

Annie Probert, deputy campus editor November 11, 2021

Prospective students and their families visiting Northeastern’s campus for tours are not required to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test or vaccination, a policy some Husky Ambassadors say makes them concerned for their safety. When guests walk into the Visitor Center...

Acting Mayor Kim Janey discussed her background and her time as the city's top executive in a question and answer session with Africana studies program director Régine Michelle Jean-Charles Nov. 9.

Kim Janey visits Northeastern, discusses her time as mayor before her mayoral farewell address

Jennifer Suryadjaja, news correspondent November 11, 2021

On Tuesday evening, acting Mayor Kim Janey sat down with Régine Michelle Jean-Charles, director of Africana Studies and dean's professor of culture and social justice at Northeastern, to reflect on her time in City Hall over the last eight months as the first woman and first...

Photo Courtesy Anita Goharfar.

‘Mayor of Huntington Avenue’ makes the most of its post-pandemic return

Grace Comer, news staff November 8, 2021

Decked out in suit jackets and Northeastern pins, the candidates for Mayor of Huntington Avenue went head-to-head in an intense debate Friday night at the Curry Student Center. This year, Charlie Zhang, a second-year sociology and international business combined major, is running...

The Nov. 3 panel “Blacks, Jews and the Future of American Coalitions,” took place in the Visitor Center.

Speakers encourage building bridges at ‘Open Classroom’

Peyton Doyle, news staff November 8, 2021

Every semester since 2015, Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs has hosted its “Open Classroom” series. According to the school’s website, the series “seeks to invite diverse audiences to converge around a central theme and generate conversation...

Photo Courtesy Charlie Zhang.

SGA Student Services seeks to reconcile relationship with NUPD through new initiative

Srishti Gummaraju, news staff November 7, 2021

As the committee in the Student Government Association, or SGA, responsible for improving the life of all students, Student Services has often been the driving force behind projects ranging from housing, dining, Husky cards and campus medical and mental health services. Now,...

The proposal looks to increase the number of beds in East Village from 723 to approximately 930, and the number of beds in International Village from 1,200 to approximately 1,900.

NU to add beds to East Village, International Village to address overcrowding concerns

Jessica Silverman and Bela Omoeva November 4, 2021

In a new proposal to address the growing student population, next fall Northeastern University will look to convert student bed spaces in the International Village and East Village residence halls from single occupancy rooms into double occupancy rooms and double occupancy rooms...

A classic Northeastern tradition, the underwear run, returned in a non-official spooky run Oct. 31.

‘Spooky 15th Underwear Run’ brings confidence, community to Northeastern campus

Cathy Ching, news correspondent November 2, 2021

On Halloween night, nearly 100 Northeastern students stripped down to their underwear and ran from Speare Hall to Centennial Common for the unofficial 15th Underwear Run.  Since organizers canceled the Underwear Run in 2020 and 2021, Northeastern students Max Daniels and...

Northeastern invited visitors back to campus for Family and Friends weekend Oct. 22 through 24.

This year’s Family and Friends Weekend welcomes both new and returning visitors to campus

Grace Comer, news staff November 2, 2021

Northeastern’s Family and Friends Weekend held Oct. 22-24 returned after being canceled last year. And with a full weekend of events to welcome both new and returning visitors, campus was busier than usual.  Many of the visitors had never been to campus before, due in part...