With 14 campuses, almost 44,000 students, more than 3,400 faculty and 4,800 staff members, Northeastern stands out among higher education institutions. But to govern a globally growing university, President Joseph E. Aoun can’t work alone.
Below Aoun — who assumed his...
John Landers, a former Northeastern police officer who has been criminally prosecuted, has applied to voluntarily relinquish his law enforcement certification, the state’s police watchdog agency announced Dec. 15.
Northeastern’s College of Social Sciences and Humanities, or CSSH, department discretionary budgets — or non-compensation budgets that cover items like events and speakers — have been cut to “75-80% less than the average of actual expenses over the last three years,”...
Northeastern's federally funded operating grants and contracts decreased by around $23.1 million — or 8.97% — between Fiscal Year 2024 and Fiscal Year 2025, the university’s annual financial audit showed. This reduction is the first time the figure has decreased since Northeastern...
Blue Tiernan, news correspondent
• December 5, 2025
A crowd of more than 50 people gathered on Centennial Common Dec. 3 to advocate for more comprehensive support of Northeastern’s international student community and call upon the university to formally bar U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, from entering campus.
Northeastern’s Student Government Association, or SGA, passed a 12-page piece of legislation Nov. 17 that calls on the university to adopt a financial transparency policy, create an advising team that offers legal immigration advice to international students and strengthen...
Northeastern’s College of Social Sciences and Humanities will not accept new doctoral students in three of its seven doctoral programs as it begins to roll out an “alternate-year admissions cycle,” according to a Nov. 20 email that was sent to the seven CSSH department...
In January, Northeastern quietly rebranded its Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to the “Office of Belonging.” The rebrand, and subsequent scrubbing of all DEI-related language, came just days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order stating that private...
There are thousands of moving parts that make up Northeastern and support its research output. From shiny new buildings to electricity and salaries, the list goes on and on. Combined, it’s terribly expensive.
One way Northeastern makes up for those costs, specifically...
Final grades are due for Jude Mathews, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology, but her students aren’t the only ones being graded.
Toward the end of each semester, Northeastern students receive an email notifying them that the Teacher Rating and Course Evaluation,...
Northeastern added two new members to its Board of Trustees in the fall, while four others are no longer listed under the university’s board of directors’ website.
Alice Chinebuah and Greg Waters were appointed to Northeastern’s Board of Trustees in September, according...
More than 25 pro-Palestine demonstrators rallied outside Tatte Bakery & Cafe at 369 Huntington Ave. to protest the company’s ties with Israel Nov. 6.
The rally was organized by Huskies for a Free Palestine, or HFP, an unofficial pro-Palestine student group at Northeastern....
