Amid the sound of screeching train wheels and beeping Charlie Card sensors, three new friends struggle to navigate a corrupt public transit system, which they believe is the root of their personal misfortunes. As they zipped around Boston’s underground railways fighting the villainous T employees, these locals discovered that they themselves are not so different from the subway lines they love to hate.
The number 77 will forever be immortalized in Husky Nation. If Northeastern retired jersey numbers, number 77 would undoubtedly hang from the rafters, but instead, it will have to settle on every page in the school record books.
Groups in support of the black and Palestinian social liberation movements joined in solidarity at the Dudley branch of the Boston Public Library Wednesday night, where speakers and participants engaged in dialogue about the similarities between the groups’ struggles.
Northeastern University (NU) students dedicated 22 hours to inventing robots and apps from scratch over the weekend at HuskyHacks, the College of Computer and Information Science’s first-ever hackathon.
From bright colors of abstract digital prints to the smooth grain of wood sculptures, the XYZ exhibition hosted by Northeastern University’s (NU) student-run contemporary art group spark featured both two- and three-dimensional pieces.
Following a senior campaign in which he knocked down 41 3-pointers and averaged a career-high 4.6 points per game, Northeastern guard Caleb Donnelly was named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Tuesday, April 5. Donnelly, in addition to his numbers on the court, posted a 3.994 GPA in the classroom and is set to graduate in May with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering with a minor in mathematics.
Alice began studying at Northeastern in the fall of 2012. In the spring of 2013, her grades began to plummet. One A, two Ds and an audited class later, she started noticing symptoms of anxiety and depression. Then came suicidal thoughts.
Over the past decade, Northeastern’s architecture program has been housed in the Ruggles Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Station. Historically, Ruggles Architecture Studio has been a sufficient space to accommodate the needs of the program. However, the quality of the space has greatly deteriorated and no longer fosters the creative atmosphere needed in an architecture studio. We have outgrown Ruggles Studio and require a better facility that will help us remain competitive in the world of architecture.
In the wake of the water crisis in Flint, Mich., the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) created an interest-free loan program to encourage Massachusetts cities to replace lead water lines with newer, safer pipes.
It is fitting that the Museum of Fine Arts’ (MFA) ambitious new exhibition titled “Megacities Asia” is also its largest contemporary art show to date. Megacities, metropolises with populations of 10 million or higher commonly found throughout Asia, are sprawling urban spaces; “Megacities Asia” occupies the entire museum, extends to its front lawn and throughout Boston.
