RISE awards honor student researchers
April 11, 2018
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By Alyssa Lukpat, staff writer Northeastern’s top student researchers earned awards for their projects at the university’s annual Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo Awards in East Village Thursday. Graduate and undergraduate researchers presented their findings earlier in the day at the Resear...
Take Back the Night calls attention to sexual violence
April 11, 2018
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By Nick Hirano, news correspondent Survivors of sexual assault shared stories of courage and resilience March 29 at Take Back the Night, the culminating event of this year’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week. Sponsored by Delta Tau Delta, Omega Phi Beta, Sigma Delta Tau, NUSPACE and the Office of Preven...
Crime Log: Monday, March 26 — Sunday, April 8
April 11, 2018
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Compiled by Jill Sojourner, news staff Monday, March 26 1:33 p.m. The manager of Wollaston’s Market in the Marino Recreation Center reported an NU student shoplifted. NUPD responded and reported banning the student from both Wollaston’s Market locations and sent him on his way. A report...
Stonewall activist speaks at Northeastern
April 11, 2018
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By Nick Hirano, news correspondent Transgender activists cannot succeed on their own, said transgender activist and Stonewall Rebellion leader Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, who called for large-scale coalition to advance transgender rights during a talk April 2 at the Interdisciplinary Science and Eng...
Ed Dinan remembered as compassionate, brilliant
April 11, 2018
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By Rachel Morford, news correspondent Edward Dinan, a Northeastern accounting professor and father of six whose success in the telecommunications field earned him national renown, died of natural causes at his home in North Hampton, New Hampshire, on Feb. 16. He was 71 years old. Dinan, known ...
FBI agents brief NU community on 2013 Marathon bombings
April 5, 2018
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By Jenna Majeski, news staff Northeastern hosted two FBI agents to present a Cyber Division Briefing March 20 in the university’s newest auditorium. The event focused primarily on the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and the FBI’s process of analyzing the case and catching the perpetrators. The...
SGA leaders Sharma and Ruiz review successes
April 5, 2018
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By Alyssa Lukpat, news staff Suchira Sharma and Paulina Ruiz, the current student body president and executive vice president, said their year in office yielded successful legislative revisions but was marred by gender and racial bias. Sharma, a fourth-year business administration major, and Ruiz...
Political clubs debate immigration
April 5, 2018
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For a night, the national debate on immigration was crammed into an International Village classroom. Northeastern University College Democrats and Northeastern University College Republicans sparred for more than an hour in a debate moderated by the Northeastern Debate Society, resulting in a 2-1...
NU student seeks to ease traffic with app
April 5, 2018
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By Nick Hirano, news correspondent A Northeastern student believes he can bring innovation to the largest form of mass transit in the United States: school bus transportation. First-year business administration major Keith Corso’s startup company BusRight aims to make busing more efficient through a GPS...
TAMID discusses entrepreneurship in Israel
April 4, 2018
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By Guy Ovadia, news correspondent A Northeastern Israeli business organization invited entrepreneurs Tomer Shor and Dr. Shady Hassan to campus March 18 to discuss creating and running their own tech companies in Israel. Israel is home to a large tech industry, hosting small startups as well as large...
Relay for Life brings Boston together to fight cancer
March 28, 2018
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By Morgan Lloyd, campus editor When Emma Codman went to her first Relay for Life, the event didn’t have the personal significance it does now. That would come a year later, when her mother was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer, which she later died from. Now Codman dedicates her partici...
Campus group offers support to students with diabetes
March 28, 2018
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By Patrick Burgard, deputy campus editor As Northeastern students continue to advocate for improved health care services, a new student-led resource is available on campus for students with diabetes. The College Diabetes Network, or CDN, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a support...
