COVID-19 has undeniably overtaken the world in the last year, but infectious disease specialists knew this would be the case. Back in the early months of 2020, a team of data scientists and disease specialists began cultivating a list of every case worldwide.
Last year,...
A Northeastern academic department indicated last week that “NUflex’s use will continue into future terms” in a memo attached to a survey for Information and Technology Services asking some faculty for feedback about the NUflex program.
The university announced in February...
Working students in the Northeastern community have struggled to adapt to the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. For students balancing both work and school, these difficulties have recently been exacerbated by midterms and a lack of spring break.
Mikaela Black, a...
Last May, New York City Police Department officers attacked Tyler Blint-Welsh, Northeastern alum and current reporter for The Wall Street Journal, at a protest against police brutality following the death of George Floyd.
“At a point I think someone threw a bottle, and...
Almost a month after announcing the intent to return for a normal fall semester, Northeastern announced a COVID-19 vaccination requirement. All students must receive the vaccination by the first day of classes Sept. 8.
“As the speed of vaccinations and the vaccine supply...
In many regards, academia and industry are remarkably separate — students learn things in the classroom that they may never apply in industry. For postdoctoral research fellow Javid Iqbal, however, the worlds will soon collide.
Northeastern University has teamed up with...
Julia Carlin, deputy campus editor
• April 1, 2021
Content Warning: This story discusses sexual assault and rape.
When crossing through the doorway of a fraternity house on Mission Hill, many Northeastern students surrender themselves to the reality that at some point, amidst the deafening music blaring over the crowd of sweaty...
As the weather warms up and more students opt to take their remote classes outside, the Husky Environmental Action Team, or HEAT, noticed an issue — the lack of phone and laptop chargers located outside.
To fix the problem, second-years Madison McDermott and Emily Wallace...
After Northeastern Dining reevaluated the systems that had been in place since the start of the fall semester, starting March 5 students were confronted with changes to dining hours and meal exchange locations.
Changes included limiting the use of meal swipes at Curry Student...
Skye Richmond, breaking news editor
• March 28, 2021
Over the past week, Northeastern’s Boston campus has seen a steep rise in COVID-19 cases. As of March 27, the seven-day average positive test rate was 0.40%, more than double what it was a week ago. There are currently 114 students in isolation and 109 students in quarantine,...
The Buttke-Galinkin slate, which ran uncontested, captured an overwhelming 86% of the vote in this year’s Student Government Association election. Casey Buttke and Izzy Galinkin will respectively serve as student body president and executive vice president during the 2021-2022...
Leaders of the Asian American community across Northeastern’s campuses nationwide are tired of not being heard.
More than 1,250 students, faculty and staff have co-signed a letter demanding action from the administration for greater funding, resources, transparency and...
