Following Northeastern’s removal of nearly all diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, messaging from its websites and social media platforms Jan. 29, postdoctoral teaching associate Griffin Zimmerman sent a Canvas message to students in all four of his writing courses. Zimmerman...
Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun sent an email to the Northeastern community Feb. 12 around 10 a.m. expressing a continued commitment to the university’s “core values” amid an outcry for communication from university leadership. The statement came weeks after President...
More than 100 attendees filed into Egan Research Center for The Future of the Middle East Peace Process panel Feb. 4. The event, which comes as the Israeli government and Hamas continue to negotiate a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza, was marked by a small group of masked pro-Palestine...
On Feb. 9, sports fans across the country will gather on their couches to watch the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles face off in the 59th Super Bowl. However, the championship title won’t be the only thing at stake. Americans across the country are expected to...
President Joseph E. Aoun announced the committee responsible for appointing David Madigan’s replacement as Northeastern’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs in a Feb. 5 email to the Northeastern community.
The announcement comes weeks after an internal...
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the Massachusetts State House, holding signs and joining in chants, Feb. 5 to voice their disapproval of President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and recent executive orders.
The protest was one of a nationwide wave of demonstrations advertised...
A friend of Edward Coristine, a first-year student at Northeastern, said tech billionaire Elon Musk is an "idol" to Coristine.
“Through high school, his goal was never really to go to college,” the friend said. “He really just wanted to build his own thing, like Mark...
As immigration raids ramp up across the country as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive orders and policies targeting undocumented immigrants, at least one Northeastern academic department on the Boston campus has issued guidance “about responding to possible activity...
January welcomed Northeastern students back onto campus for snow days and a Women's Beanpot win. Around the city, Bostonians rallied for ends to international wars and against Donald Trump's return to the White House. We sent our photographers out to capture it all, and here’s...
Siera Qosaj, news correspondent
• January 31, 2025
As Northeastern students returned to the campus for the spring semester, first-year students who spent the fall semester around the world as part of the university’s N.U.in program arrived in Boston for the first time.
Northeastern’s N.U.in program, originally introduced...
More than 430 faculty members sat in on a Jan. 29 faculty senate meeting, expressing confusion and concern following a series of federal executive orders that threaten research and diversity initiatives at Northeastern and colleges and universities across the country.
Faculty...
Northeastern’s total number of undergraduate applications surged once again for the 2025-26 academic year, totalling a record 105,092 applications, according to a Jan. 12 Northeastern Global News, or NGN, article.
The number of applications is up from 98,373 for the 2024-25...
