Two days before the beginning of President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Cuba in March, another visit to the island country was wrapping up. A three-person Northeastern delegation, tasked with laying the groundwork for new partnerships with Cuban institutions, was coming home.
The Northeastern University (NU) men’s rowing team finished its year in spectacular fashion, winning the varsity eight petite final on the final day of the season at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) finals. The victory propelled the team to seventh overall in national rankings.
As the game clock stood still with 2.6 seconds remaining in the third period of the Hockey East Championship game at TD Garden, the Northeastern Huskies and University of Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks lined up for the game’s final faceoff in front of Northeastern goalie Ryan Ruck.
Festival enthusiasts converged this Memorial Day weekend in Boston’s City Hall Plaza for the final installation of Boston Calling at its current location. The diversity of genres from indie folk to pop and rap showcased popular artists including Sia, Disclosure, Robyn, Vince Staples, Janelle Monáe and City and Colour.
On April 28 of this year, President Barack Obama proclaimed May to be Mental Health Awareness Month in the US. As it was established in 1949 by the National Mental Health Association, May 2016 saw the 67th annual spotlight on mental illness.
The Coolidge Corner Theatre hosted actress Liv Ullmann on Tuesday, May 24 for a special 50th anniversary presentation of Ingmar Bergman’s seminal 1966 film, “Persona.” Following a brief introduction and the 35mm film screening, Ullmann was interviewed by Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr about her role in the film and her relationship with the acclaimed director.
Dozens of student activists staged a six-hour sit-in at the Northeastern University (NU) Visitor Center this afternoon, drawing the attention of campus police and top-tier administrators.
During Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we at The Huntington News want to make it known that the Northeastern University community is not isolated from crimes associated with sexual abuse. Below is a list of all incidents of sexual assault, battery and related cases reported to the Northeastern University Police Department (NUPD) since July 2014.
A line of shirts hung in both bright and muted colors, red next to white next to gray. A sign explained that this was called the Clothesline Project, where people who were victims of sexual violence could tell their stories or open a dialogue on sexual assault and rape. One statistic on a shirt read that one in four women and one in seven men are victims of sexual violence over the course of their life.
“We can’t normalize these issues of institutionalized discrimination with words. We need to take action,” said freshman sociology Rachel Domond into a megaphone atop the stone Northeastern sign on Centennial Common.
