At a February faculty senate meeting, Northeastern facilities department representatives said they assume there is asbestos present in certain older buildings on campus until proven otherwise during construction or renovations.  Faculty at the meeting expressed concerns,...

Historically, the number of students who apply and are admitted to Northeastern University has been relatively equal across genders. In fact, women tend to be slightly overrepresented in the student body, as has been the case for the 2023-24 academic year.  Yet, science,...

Students gathered across campus to witness the total solar eclipse Monday, and though 8% of the sun was visible to Bostonians, students clapped in delight at the near-total darkening of the sun. A total solar eclipse last occurred in the United States seven years ago in August...

  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.

When Kitty Tran heard the sun was disappearing, she jumped at the chance to see it. Tran, a second-year business administration major, knows a solar eclipse is coming and plans to skip class Monday. Tran and friends are headed to Burlington, Vermont, a town on the 115-mile-wide...

Samantha Asprelli is empowering Boston’s unhoused women, and she’s doing it with makeup. Give n’ Glow is a nonprofit organization that collects donations of lightly-used makeup or skincare products and distributes them to women in at-risk situations. This unique service...

President Joseph E. Aoun was the eighth highest-paid private college president in the country during the university’s 2022 fiscal year, according to a recently-published analysis of private college presidents’ compensation by the Chronicle of Higher Education.  In Northeastern's...