Vicky Chow, a Canadian pianist who is making waves in the contemporary classical style, took the stage at the Fenway Center last Saturday to an audience of 100.
When Dave Fischer, a 24-year-old from Brighton, began working as one of GladlyDo’s friendly “doers,” the boy he babysits a few days a week was only a baby.
The Northeastern Huskies had a strong weekend in Burlington, defeating the 15-6-2 University of Vermont (UVM) Catamounts 4-1 on Friday, and battling their way to a 2-2 tie on Saturday.
Since Monday, Jan. 5, pre-selected groups of 200 individuals have packed the Moakley Federal Court Building in order to fill out surveys that will determine whether they are fit to judgeDzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 21-year old former University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth student accused of detonating two homemade pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon.
Northeastern University has recently been recognized as one of 361 institutions for community engagement by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The recognition is centered around community and global involvement, including both institutional relations with surrounding areas and community service.
Prior to being sworn in as Massachusetts Governor last week, Charlie Baker selected Deborah Ramirez, a professor at Northeastern Law School, to serve as a member of his transition team. Alongside more than 170 bipartisan experts and professionals from around the state, Ramirez will work to develop action-oriented recommendations to the new governor as he takes office.
Visitors to Ryder Hall over the past few weeks were treated to a new view as the latest installation of Northeastern’s public art initiative brightened the wall. Art professor Sophia Ainslie created the mural “In Person” with the help of four students and her intern as a way of engaging with a wider audience.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an organization aimed at protecting the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, recently awarded Boston a perfect score on the 2014 Municipal Equality Index (MEI).
Northeastern is one of 85 colleges and universities to be investigated by the United States Department of Education (DoE) for Title IX violations in the handling of sexual assault cases on campus. Other schools under investigation include Boston area Harvard College, Boston University and Emerson College, as well as other institutions such as the University of Virginia, all which have been at the forefront of the national conversation of sexual assault.
