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First Northeastern student tests positive for COVID-19

First Northeastern student tests positive for COVID-19

George Barker and Sarah Olender March 15, 2020

At 9:12 p.m. Sunday, the Office of the Chancellor announced that a Northeastern student living off campus has tested positive for COVID-19. “This student, who has been in isolation since last Thursday, March 12, remains in isolation in an off-campus apartment,” wrote Chancellor...

East Village, a high rise residence hall, opened in January 2015.

NU moves remaining housing selection to PAWS

Charlie Wolfson, news staff March 15, 2020

Northeastern announced Sunday that all students who were set to select Fall 2020 housing on Tuesday, the final selection day, will instead be put through the PAWS, or Placing Assistance With Staff, selection system and will be unable to choose their own housing through the group...

West Village G is one of many residence halls that must be vacated by Tuesday.

UPDATED: In reversal, NU asks students to move out of residence halls by Tuesday

George Barker and Charlie Wolfson March 14, 2020

This story was updated at 8:19 p.m. to reflect new information from the university. In an email sent to the university community at 4 p.m. Saturday, Northeastern requested that all students move out of campus residence halls by March 17 to limit the spread of the coronavirus.  “Based...

The group’s main impact comes from social events and community service.

Net Impact Northeastern: Sustainable thinking outside of the box

Mihiro Shimano, news staff March 12, 2020
Net Impact Northeastern is a club that promotes sustainability in an interdisciplinary context. Their chapter was founded in the fall of 2018 and is under the international organization Net Impact.
Strange began teaching at Northeastern in 2017.

Dr. Laney Strange advocates inclusivity in computer science

Jordan Baron, news staff March 11, 2020
Life has taken Dr. Laney Strange to many different cities and through many different jobs, but the one aspect that has remained constant throughout her life is her love for computer science, and her mission to make it inclusive and inviting for all.
Kangbeya currently serves as SGA's vice president for student affairs.

Kangbeya withdraws from uncontested SGA presidential slate

Isabel Stephens, news staff March 11, 2020
SGA President Chris Brown called the move "incredibly selfish."
SGA confirms first executive director for diversity, equity, inclusion

SGA confirms first executive director for diversity, equity, inclusion

Jessica Silverman, deputy campus editor March 11, 2020
The Student Government Association, or SGA, officially confirmed fourth-year criminal justice major Sade Adewunmi as the association’s first-ever Executive Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in their full-body session Feb. 24.
Northeastern moves classes online due to COVID-19 outbreak

Northeastern moves classes online due to COVID-19 outbreak

Deanna Schwartz, campus editor March 11, 2020

All Northeastern classes will be moved online as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, Northeastern announced Wednesday afternoon in an email to all students. The transition will begin Thursday morning, and it is unclear when and if in-person classes will resume. “Today...

[UPDATED] Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Northeastern takes action

[UPDATED] Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Northeastern takes action

Mihiro Shimano, news correspondent March 10, 2020

UPDATE: The Office of the Chancellor sent out an email to the university community Tuesday evening with updates on travel, large gatherings, Dialogues of Civilizations and flexibility for employees. Read it here. Amid an increase of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts,...

The workshops are held in West Village H.

Khoury College professors offer free coding workshops to the community in broader diversity efforts 

Deanna Schwartz, campus editor February 26, 2020
The Women’s Community of Code is a program run by Northeastern Professors Laney Strange and Ben Hescott that offers free coding workshops for girls and women in the community.  
Michelle Alexander discusses ‘The New Jim Crow’ at Northeastern

Michelle Alexander discusses ‘The New Jim Crow’ at Northeastern

Petrina Danardatu, news staff February 26, 2020
Highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate and legal scholar Michelle Alexander came to Northeastern on Feb. 20 to discuss the content of her book, “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.”
The Northeastern research team, made up of primarily first- and second-year undergraduate students, was awarded $90,889 to develop technology to explore the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the moon.

NU team wins funding in NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge

Grace Horne, news staff February 26, 2020
Northeastern University, along with eight other universities, is an awardee of NASA’s annual Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge.