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WRBB News Episode 11: The Relay for Life

WRBB News Episode 11: The Relay for Life

Val O’Neill and Annika Sunkara April 17, 2024

In episode 11 of WRBB News, co-hosts Bela Omoeva and Grace Sawin speak with The News about a recent story. Deputy campus editor Val O'Neill breaks down how Northeastern took the top spot for most money raised for the American Cancer Society at this year's Relay For Life....

VIDEO: Spectators, volunteers share what makes Boston Marathon special

VIDEO: Spectators, volunteers share what makes Boston Marathon special

Alexis Algazy and Annika Sunkara April 15, 2024

At Monday's 128th Boston Marathon, deputy city editor Alexis Algazy took to the streets to ask spectators and volunteers who they were there to support, and what makes Boston's marathon so special.

VIDEO: Northeastern students take in total solar eclipse

VIDEO: Northeastern students take in total solar eclipse

Annika Sunkara, audiovisual editor April 8, 2024

  On Monday, as the total solar eclipse swept the United States, Northeastern students joined in on the viewing. Whether from campus green spaces or the path of totality, students savored the last total solar eclipse visible from the U.S. for another 20 years.

VIDEO: Thousands throw color on Centennial at Northeastern’s annual Holi celebration

VIDEO: Thousands throw color on Centennial at Northeastern’s annual Holi celebration

Annika Sunkara, audiovisual editor April 7, 2024

  On March 30, thousands of students threw colored powder on Centennial Common in celebration of Holi, a Hindu holiday. Hosted by NU Sanskriti, Northeastern's Indian student association, organizers said this year’s celebration attracted more participants than ever...

The south tower of the Sheraton hotel stands at 39 Dalton St. The Boston Planning and Development Agency gave Northeastern approval to permanently convert 426 of the Sheratons hotel rooms into student dorms Jan. 18.

VIDEO: Students living in Sheraton say access to food, campus is difficult

Nick Cortese and Annika Sunkara April 2, 2024

  Editor’s Note: The address for the south tower of the Sheraton Hotel was changed from 39 Dalton St. to 60 Belvidere St. in early March. As the address changed while this story was being reported, The News decided to refer to the building as 39 Dalton St. for the...

WRBB News Episode 10: The International Women’s Day Breakfast

WRBB News Episode 10: The International Women’s Day Breakfast

Gitana Savage and Annika Sunkara April 2, 2024

In episode 10 of WRBB News, co-hosts Bela Omoeva and Grace Sawin speak with The News about a recent story. Staff writer Gitana Savage shares how hundreds of women united for the annual International Women's Day Breakfast. All this and more on episode 10 of WRBB News.

Photos of the month: March

Photos of the month: March

Photo Staff March 31, 2024

Whether it was through the luck of the Irish or the fiery spirit of the Huskies, March became a month full of photogenic events (despite its lack of sunlight). We sent our photographers out to capture it all, and here's the best of what they brought back.

VIDEO: Northeastern students take part in South Boston’s time-honored St. Patrick’s Day Parade

VIDEO: Northeastern students take part in South Boston’s time-honored St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Megan Canizares Castillo, video correspondent March 23, 2024

  An estimated 1 million people attended the annual South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday, March 17. As paraders and floats made their way down the 3.8-mile route, spectators showed their Irish cheer. The day’s festivities, however, were accompanied by...

WRBB News Episode 9: Divestment Dissent and the Roxbury Walgreens Closure

WRBB News Episode 9: Divestment Dissent and the Roxbury Walgreens Closure

Eli Curwin, Emily Niedermeyer, and Annika Sunkara March 16, 2024

In the ninth episode of WRBB News, co-hosts Bela Omoeva and Grace Sawin speak with The News about two recent stories. Editor-in-chief Eli Curwin provides details on campus editor Emily Spatz's article about Northeastern indicating that it would not divest endowment holdings from...

VIDEO: Tastemakers president voices club complications due to Curry office closures

VIDEO: Tastemakers president voices club complications due to Curry office closures

Meghan Hirsch and Zoe MacDiarmid March 13, 2024

  Tastemakers Magazine is one of six Northeastern clubs being displaced from offices on the second floor of Curry Student Center due to renovations. Trevor Gardemal, president of Tastemakers, gave The News a tour of the club's office and explained how the university's...

WRBB News Episode 8: Reparations Research and a Louisa May Alcott Discovery

WRBB News Episode 8: Reparations Research and a Louisa May Alcott Discovery

Erin Fine, Lily Cooper, and Annika Sunkara March 13, 2024

In the eighth episode of WRBB News, co-hosts Bela Omoeva and Grace Sawin speak with The News about two recent stories. Staff writer Erin Fine shares about the city of Boston's examination of the legacy of slavery and the team of Northeastern researchers involved. News correspondent...

VIDEO: 57 Questions with @neudumpydump owner Eirene Ang

VIDEO: 57 Questions with @neudumpydump owner Eirene Ang

Renée Abbott and Annika Sunkara March 11, 2024

Meet Eirene Ang, the owner of the Instagram account @neudumpydump, under which she anonymously posted Northeastern-related memes and built a following of more than 4,000 before discontinuing the account and revealing herself in December of 2023. Ang answers 57 questions asked...